Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he hopes to see an end to the war in Ukraine, but doubts it will happen soon.

"If you ask me, and as a political veteran, I can tell you that I’m not sure about it, and I’m very much afraid that we’ll have another difficult winter," Vučić said during a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is visiting Belgrade.

“But I just hope, without any real facts behind these hopes, that this will end tomorrow," he added.

Zelenskyy arrived to Belgrade on Friday for his first official visit to Serbia since becoming president in 2019.

The Ukrainian president received an honour guard welcome on Saturday, followed by a meeting at the Presidential Palace with his Serbian counterpart.