About your plans Aleksandar Vuczic said in a public speech on Tuesday, announcing that decided to respond positively to the invitation Vladimir Putin on the so-called Victory Dayfalling on Russia on May 9.
– If the end of the world does not come, although I am not so sure of that anymore, but I hope, it would be a great honor for me to be there Red Square during the 80th anniversary of liberation from fascism, Vucic said.
Serbia. Aleksandar Vucic will go to Moscow
Vucic is not to be the only European leader of a democratic country to appear in May Moscow. As he said, he had already talked about his visit with prime minister Slovakia Robertem Ficowho “will also be present.”
The Kremlin he just declared that wants May 9 to be “the biggest holiday in its history” as part of the promotion of patriotic and military values in order to increase support for the invasion in Ukraine.
Serbia and Russia. The EU perspective is receding
Serbia is a candidate country for European Union since 2012, and local officials emphasize that the road to the Community is the country's strategic priority.
Despite this, Belgrade maintains strong contacts with Russiaboth politically and economically, relying almost exclusively on Russian gas. The current gas agreement expires in March and talks on a new one are ongoing.
Brussels has repeatedly expressed concern about Serbia's ties with Russia and called on the Serbian authorities to aligning its foreign and security policy with European policy.
During her visit to Belgrade at the end of October, the President European Commission Ursula von der Leyen canceled talks with the Prime Minister of Serbia Miloszem Vuczevic due to his earlier meeting with one of the Russian ministers.
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