The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, received in Belgrade the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aleksandar Grushko, whom he thanked for his support regarding the Resolution on Srebrenica, which was voted in the United Nations General Assembly in May. .
Vucic posted on Instagram a photo from the meeting with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, where he wrote that he thanks Russia especially for supporting the territorial integrity of Serbia.
“We talked about the bilateral relations between Serbia and Russia and we evaluated them as very good”, said the Serbian president.
Russia voted against the Resolution on Srebrenica in the UN General Assembly.
The resolution, which was adopted, declares July 11 the International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide and calls for an end to the denial of the genocide and the glorification of war criminals.
Serbia lobbied against its approval.
A day earlier, Grushko also met the Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, with whom he talked about current security issues and expressed the need for continuous coordination of competent security institutions, reported the Serbian MIA.
Grushko was also received by Serbia’s deputy prime minister and former head of the Serbian intelligence agency, Aleksandar Vulin, who is on the United States sanctions list because of his ties to Moscow.
In addition to political cooperation, Serbia and Russia are also deepening military and economic cooperation.
Serbia has the support of Russia in opposing the recognition of Kosovo’s independence.
Despite calls from the European Union, Serbia has not undertaken sanctions against Russia, due to the invasion of Ukraine./REL/
