One day after the meeting with Olena Zelenska, Vucic meets with the Russian ambassador to justify

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Bocan-Harchenko on Tuesday. One day after the meeting with the Ukrainian President’s wife, Olena Zelenska, and the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, Vucic confronted the Russian ambassador with a statement. As Vucic wrote on his Instagram profile, he spoke with Bocan-Harchenko about the “difficult time Serbia is facing”, the “diplomatic struggle on several fronts” and the “serious challenges facing Serbs in Kosovo”, a propaganda that Vucic spreads without any facts.

“We exchanged views on attempts to destabilize the region, as well as Serbia’s efforts to fight on the international stage not only for the protection of its state and national interests, but also for respect for international law and the principles on which a global order should be based,” Vucic wrote on his Instagram profile.

Vucic also met with the Russian ambassador to coordinate his actions to combat and deny the genocide in Srebrenica. He added: “Pristina’s arbitrary steps and initiatives such as the UN General Assembly draft resolution on Srebrenica do not contribute in any way to the process of reconciliation, building trust and cooperation in the region.”

The resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica proposed by Germany and Rwanda condemns the denial of the genocide and calls on all members of the United Nations to uphold the established facts, including in their education systems, in order to prevent revisionism. It declares July 11 as the International Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide, while the final proposal of this document makes no mention of the Serbian people or collective responsibility.

At the meeting with Bocan-Harchenko, Vučić thanked Russia for “its firm position on Serbia’s territorial integrity”. Vucic described the bilateral policy that Serbia is pursuing towards the West, Russia and China as a “unique path” that his country has chosen: “This path is not easy, but we are counting on the full support of all our sincere friends.” Serbia,” wrote Vučić, explaining the reasoning he presented to the Russian ambassador.

Serbia is a candidate for membership of the European Union, but has not aligned its foreign policy with that of Brussels and has not joined the sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. On Monday, Vucic met with Olena Zelenska when she stated that Serbia was ready to “provide help in the form of the necessary means to those who need it most today” and wished that “peace returns to every home as soon as possible” /TheGeopost/