Serbia’s President Vucic cuts short US visit and returns home after falling ill
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) 鈥 Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to the United States and returned to Serbia after feeling sudden chest pain apparently caused by high blood pressure, doctors said on Saturday.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) 鈥 Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to the United States and returned to Serbia after feeling sudden chest pain apparently caused by high blood pressure, doctors said on Saturday.
Vucic, 55, suddenly fell ill during a meeting in the U.S. on Friday and decided to return home against the advice of U.S. doctors, said cardiologist Dragan Dincic, from Belgrade’s Military Hospital, where Vucic was treated upon arrival.
Dincic said Vucic took additional therapy after the incident and was now in 鈥渟table and satisfactory condition.” Dincic added that Vucic won’t be hospitalized but 鈥渃annot be expected to return to his regular activities for several days.鈥
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Vucic was previously in Miami, Florida, where he had met with former . Vucic had said he also was hoping .
Richard Grenell, U.S. presidential envoy for special missions, expressed hope that Vucic would recover. 鈥淪orry to miss you but hope all is ok,鈥 Grenell .
Serbia鈥檚 populist leader also has said he would travel to Russia later this month to attend , despite warnings from European Union officials that this could affect Serbia鈥檚 bid to join the bloc.
Vucic has refused to join Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. He also has been under pressure at home following six months of persistent anti-corruption protests triggered by at a train station in the country’s north that killed 16 people.
