Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday described a move by three Eastern European countries to stop their plane from traveling to Serbia as “unprecedented”, adding that he had not yet received an explanation. for the decision.
He said that he would instead invite his Serbian counterpart to visit him in Moscow, adding: “the main thing is that no one will be able to destroy our relations with Serbia.”
Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their airspace to an official plane that was to fly Moscow’s top diplomat to Belgrade on Monday.
The Kremlin described this as hostile action.
Lavrov told reporters: “If a visit by the Russian foreign minister to Serbia is seen in the West as approaching a threat on a universal scale, then things in the West are clearly very bad.”
Serbia’s Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said he deeply regretted “the obstruction” of the visit by Lavrov, whom he described as “a great and proven friend of Serbia”.
“A world where diplomats cannot seek peace is a world where there is no peace. Those who prevented the arrival of Sergei Lavrov do not want peace, they dream of defeating Russia,” Vulin said in a statement.
“Serbia prides itself on not being part of the anti-Russian hysteria, and countries that do will have time to be ashamed.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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