据地区媒体周二报道，塞尔维亚前总统亚历山大·武契奇警告称，世界正走向一场重大军事冲突，声称在欧洲各地军备建设加速的背景下，第三次世界大战不可避免。
Serbia’s former President Aleksandar Vucic warned that the world was heading toward a major military conflict, claiming that World War III was inevitable amid accelerating military buildup across Europe, regional media reported Tuesday.
在接受俄罗斯记者克谢尼娅·索布恰克采访时，武契奇对欧洲国家（包括斯堪的纳维亚国家）不断上升的国防开支表示担忧，这些国家一直在增强军事能力。
In an interview with Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak, Vucic expressed concern over rising defense spending across European countries, including Scandinavian nations, which have been strengthening their military capabilities.
他以德国国防制造商莱茵金属为例，声称其利润因军事装备需求增长而增加了17倍。
He cited German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall as an example, claiming that its profits had increased 17-fold amid growing demand for military equipment.
“如果你看不出欧洲正在武装自己，那你就是在故意视而不见。但它们为什么要武装自己？为了什么目的？”武契奇问道。
“If you don’t see how Europe is arming itself, then you are deliberately ignoring it. But why are they arming themselves? For what purpose?”Vucic asked.
他将这种局势比作俄罗斯剧作家安东·契诃夫的文学原则——戏剧第一幕出现的枪最终必定会开火，暗示武器的积累最终可能导致武装冲突。
He compared the situation to Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s literary principle that a gun introduced in the first act of a play must eventually be fired, suggesting that the accumulation of weapons could ultimately lead to armed conflict.
欧洲各国政府在很大程度上将增加国防开支辩解为加强自身安全、威慑来自俄罗斯潜在威胁的必要举措。然而，武契奇对全球安全形势的发展方向表示悲观。
European governments have largely justified increased defense spending as necessary to strengthen their security and deter potential threats from Russia. Vucic, however, expressed pessimism about the direction of global security developments.
“如果我判断错了，我将是世界上最幸福的人，但我担心并非如此，”他说。
“I would be the happiest man in the world if I were wrong, but I fear that is not the case,” he said.
在采访中，武契奇还讨论了塞尔维亚与俄罗斯及西方国家的关系，以及乌克兰战争，强调外交和谈判在防止事态进一步升级方面的重要性。
During the interview, Vucic also discussed Serbia’s relations with Russia and Western countries, as well as the war in Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of diplomacy and negotiations in preventing further escalation.