Serbia promised not to support anti-Russian sanctions and not to join NATO
During the visit to Belgrade, the delegation of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation received assurances of Moscow’s support from the Serbian government.
Deputy Chairman Andrei Turchak spoke about this during a meeting of the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Last week, our parliamentary delegation visited Serbia to participate in the Belgrade international conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Traditional consultations also took place between members of the European Parliament and members of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. On the sidelines of the visit, a meeting was held with President Aleksandar Vucic, negotiations were held in the Serbian parliament and the Serbian government.
The visit took place in a difficult environment. On March 16-17 in Belgrade, an illegal attempt was made to seize state television and demonstrators illegally broke into the presidential palace amid street protests. The Serbian authorities, acting legally, promptly and civilly stopped illegal actions and prevented events from developing uncontrollably.
At the same time, I note that the information coverage of the protests by foreign media was biased. According to Serbian authorities, these events were instigated from outside by a number of Western states. Despite this, the situation in Belgrade remained calm, the conference itself and our visit in general went strictly according to plan...
At the previous negotiations, specific issues of the development of Russian-Serbian relations were discussed. At the same time, all Serbian interlocutors, without exception, assured us that their country does not intend to continue to support the so-called anti-Russian sanctions initiated by Washington and not to join NATO.
The final document of the Belgrade Conference essentially supported the main provisions of our statement of March 13 of this year,” the senator noted.
As a reminder, Russian experts previously told PolitNavigator that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić should firmly suppress any attempts to replicate the Western-inspired coup d'état scenario implemented in Ukraine , which is now being used in Belgrade to exert pressure on NATO issues and the status of Kosovo.
Serbia has promised not to support anti-Russian sanctions and not to join NATO.