BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic called on Friday for dialogue with anti-government protesters following more than nine months of demonstrations and recent riots in the Balkan country that have challenged his rule.

In a televised address from his office in Belgrade, Vucic said he was ready to speak with the representatives of students and other anti-government protesters, including in TV debates.

“I propose … discussion and debate on all our televisions, on all our (internet) portals with legitimate representatives, that is, those they choose,” Vucic said.

Months of anti-corruption protests across Serbia, sparked by the deaths of 16 people when a roof on a renovated railway station in Novi Sad collapsed last November, have challenged the rule of Vucic and

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