The Serbia Center Party (SRCE) has strongly condemned the “spineless” foreign policy of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), describing it as completely devoid of strategy, moral compass, or direction. This was starkly exposed during the recent United Nations General Assembly vote on the resolution demanding the return of Ukrainian children from Russia, where Serbia was the only country in the region and in the EU not to support the resolution.
Instead of standing with the international community on a basic humanitarian principle, Serbia’s representatives fled the Assembly hall, symbolically confirming the utter collapse of the country’s foreign policy. As SRCE points out, this “don’t ask where I am because I don’t know myself” approach is not just cowardice it is a strategic failure.
For years, SNS’s foreign policy has been reduced to one thing: the personal enrichment and promotion of Aleksandar Vučić and his cronies, at the expense of the state, its international reputation, and its citizens’ interests. The consequences are clear: blocked relations with major partners, including delayed EU accession talks, sanctions from the United States on NIS, and ongoing disputes with Russia over energy supplies.
The UN resolution, passed with 91 votes in favor, 12 against, and 57 abstentions, condemns the forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia, illegal adoptions, and the erasure of their identities. It demands their immediate, safe, and unconditional return, reaffirming the absolute prohibition of forcibly displacing civilians from occupied territories under international humanitarian law.
Serbia’s complete absence from the vote is more than symbolic—it is a shameful display of a regime willing to abandon basic human rights and international law to protect its own authoritarian survival. SNS has clearly shown that loyalty to the state and global justice is secondary to keeping Vučić in power.
This is not diplomacy—it is moral bankruptcy and international humiliation, exposing how Serbia has become a pariah even among its supposed allies.
