The Embassy of Ukraine in Belgrade reacted to Vučić’s statement

The Embassy of Ukraine condemned the negative publicity given to the 2013 and 2014 Maidan demonstrations in Kiev in Serbia. In a statement, the Embassy noted that the “revolution of dignity in Ukraine” has been regularly mentioned in Serbia’s political and information space in recent years and is often given a negative connotation.

This year is no exception, as the Ukrainian Maidan was once again mentioned in a negative light, the communication points out.

“In this regard, the Embassy of Ukraine in Serbia once again officially declares that the State of Ukraine does not interfere in any way in the internal political situation in the Republic of Serbia,” the statement reads.

The Embassy says that it finds unacceptable any attempts by any foreign officials to interfere in Ukraine’s internal affairs, and in particular public negative assessments of the conscious European choice of the Ukrainian people.

“It is our honour to remind you that what is sometimes portrayed in a negative context as the ‘Ukrainian scenario’ is in fact the struggle of the Ukrainian people for their rights against a corrupt and totalitarian government. This is the European choice of the majority of Ukrainians, for which we have paid and are paying a heavy price. Any assessment of this choice, positive or negative, is solely a matter for the Ukrainian people,” the statement read.

The Embassy expressed the hope that all those who support Serbia’s European integration will treat with respect the European choice of, as they say, a friendly Slavic nation – the Ukrainians.

“Moreover, we do not expect Serbia to publicly condemn the European choice of the Ukrainian people, but to condemn the brutal aggression of the Russian Federation, whose leadership has decided on a full-scale invasion of Ukraine to punish its desire for freedom and the right to choose its own path,” they said.

It is also recalled that the Kremlin used tanks to stifle freedom in Budapest in 1956 and in Prague in 1968.

“Since 2014, the Kremlin has been trying to stop freedom in Ukraine with tanks. The problem is not the European peoples’ desire for freedom, but the unchanging totalitarian policy of Moscow, which spares neither its own citizens nor those of other citizens for the sake of its imperialist policy,” the statement reads.

It also stresses that thanks to the Maidan that took place in Ukraine, “the tentacles of the Russian totalitarian system that wants to reach Europe have been cut off”.

Ukrainians today are paying a heavy price not only for their freedom, but also for the European future of Serbia and its children, the statement concludes.

Vucic said: Alright heroes, there will be no Maidan in Serbia

Let us recall that the opposition protests against violence in society, which took place in Serbia after the mass murders in the “Vladislav Ribnikar” primary school and in the villages around Mladenovac, are being described by government representatives and pro-regime media as an “attempt of Maidan” in Serbia.

Yesterday, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said of the opposition protests:

“Alright heroes, everything is fine, there will be no Maidan in Belgrade, I will always try to unite people, when they said that they will come to throw eggs at me on the 26th is not a problem, just come, even then I will call on Serbia to unite, but I will not accept that Serbia hates, frustrated politicians, that they have to use every tragedy in Serbia for their political vulture, that they behave worse than the worst hyenas, and at the same time to say that someone told the citizens.”

Let us recall that in November 2013, demonstrations began in Maidan Square in Kiev after the local authorities refused to sign a previously agreed agreement with the EU. The demonstrations culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014, and less than a month later Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula./N1/