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Vučić re: Lavrov's cancelled visit: "Who are you kidding?! I have a very bad feeling"
Vui spoke about the details of the cancellation of the visit on Monday night in the RTS Daily.
"I must say that I am not surprised," Vucic said at the beginning.
"I said that I expect complications... We are skeptical about whatever I say, it was not too much of a surprise. We followed day by day how it went, changes in the route," he said.
Russia’s Lavrov Slams Balkan States for Blocking His Serbia Visit
Serbia's neighbours Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bulgaria closed their air space to his plane, Sergei Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow that it won't disrupt Russia's good relations with Belgrade.
Lavrov called the Closure of Airspace for his Plane by NATO Countries “Scandalous”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today described as "unprecedented" the closure of the airspace for his plane by three Eastern European countries, which prevented him from visiting Serbia, BTA reported.
"Something unprecedented has happened," Lavrov told a news conference, criticizing the move as "scandalous".
Bulgarian MFA: Lavrov is Under Sanctions that’s why his Flight through Bulgaria was Denied
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria did not provide a diplomatic permit for Russian flights over Bulgarian territory that have on board the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov with a note from June 1.
This is stated in the position of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.
Vučić confirmed: Cancelled PHOTO
It should be recalled that Aleksandar Vui met today with the Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan Kharchenko, and official confirmation was awaited from him that the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, to Serbia was cancelled.
Message from Russia: A clear position on Serbia; "Hostile actions"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that.
"Of course, such hostile actions towards our country and our high-ranking officials cannot cause major problems, but they can lead to some talks being postponed," Peskov said.
He added that this event will not affect Russia's relations with friendly countries, such as Serbia.
Lavrov's reaction: Unprecedented and to be precise, as far as Serbia is concerned...
At an extraordinary press conference convened instead of traveling to Belgrade, Lavrov said that this was a policy of double standards. "They will say that the EU and NATO told them that, and NATO and the EU will say that those countries decide for themselves," Lavrov said.
Head of Roscosmos Threatened Bulgaria with a Nuclear Missile
"This is what Sarmat is good for. It will not ask for consent for the flight from the cowardly Bulgarians, the vicious Romanians and the Montenegrins who betrayed our common history. Like the other various nations like the Swedes."
Russia Voices Fury About Cancelling of Lavrov Visit to Serbia
Following days of uncertainty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia was cancelled on Monday after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft - a move that that Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described as "another closed channel of communication"
Lavrov's Visit to Serbia has been Canceled due to the Actions of Bulgaria and NATO Members
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Serbia, scheduled for June 6th and 7th, has been canceled due to the refusal of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro to open their airspace to the Russian diplomat's plane, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Moscow and Belgrade must react sharply to the refusal of Lavrov’s flight; demarche
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Konstantin Kosachev, stated today that the reaction of Moscow and Belgrade to the closure of the airspace to the plane of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov must be joint and extremely harsh.
Meeting between Vučić and Russian Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko to take place today
The meeting will be held at 10 a.m., in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic, Office for Media Relations of the President of Serbia announced.
EU Seen Transformed by the War in Ukraine
Ukraine's government is lobbying hard to be granted candidate status, and Kyiv finalised its application for EU accession in early May. The Council of the European Union is expected to decide on that issue at its June 23-24 summit.
Lavrov's visit canceled? Russia's MFA: "Our diplomacy has not mastered teleportation"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft, a senior foreign ministry source told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.
"Those reports are accurate," a high-ranking source in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Interfax today.
"Extremely complicated"
Ana Brnabic stated that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, deals with the logistics of his trip.