{"id":13019,"date":"2025-06-12T07:07:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=13019"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:07:58","slug":"serbia-responds-to-accusations-of-betraying-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=13019","title":{"rendered":"Serbia responds to accusations of \u2018betraying\u2019 Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Aleksandar Vucic stressed that he had refused to condemn Moscow during his visit to Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has rejected claims that his recent visit to Ukraine constituted a betrayal of Belgrade\u2019s friendly ties with Russia.<\/p>\n

Vucic attended the Ukraine\u2013Southeast Europe Summit in Odessa on Wednesday, where he met with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. According to Reuters, it was his first trip to Ukraine in his 12 years in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho did I betray? Russia? With what, exactly?\u201d<\/em> Vucic asked, responding to a reporter\u2019s question. He noted that he had refused to sign the summit\u2019s final declaration, which condemned Russia and expressed support for Ukraine\u2019s NATO aspirations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was my fourth Ukraine\u2013Southeast Europe Summit, and once again, I was the only one who refused to endorse the declaration,\u201d<\/em> he said. Vucic emphasized that Serbia seeks to maintain good relations with both Ukraine and Russia. \u201cI am proud of Serbia\u2019s policy and our independence, and that will not change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Serbia remains one of the few European countries that has declined to impose sanctions on Russia or openly side with Ukraine in the ongoing conflict.\u00a0Vucic has previously stated that the EU pressured Belgrade to abandon its neutral stance and sever ties with Moscow.<\/p>\n

Late last month, Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused several major Serbian defense firms \u2013 including the state-owned Yugoimport-SDPR \u2013 of covertly supplying ammunition to Ukraine through third countries, using falsified end-user certificates.\u00a0Vucic denied the accusations and vowed that Serbia would not allow any circumvention of end-user requirements in weapons contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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