Miroslav Lazanski

Miroslav Lazanski, the Serbian ambassador to Russia, has suddenly died, Serbia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Lazanski was appointed ambassador to Moscow in June 2019. He had been an MP in parliament since June 2016, elected on the ruling Serbian Progressive Party's list as a non-party person.

Belgrade's Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera "Torlak" will officially start producing Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine on Serbian soil on Friday, June 4, the press service of Serbian Innovation and Technological Development Minister Nenad Popovic, who also chairs the parliamentary friendship group with Russia, told TASS on Wednesday.

Serbia's Defence Ministry told BIRN that it cannot provide information about the contractual conditions under which it is acquiring 30 modernised T-72 tanks from Russia - which officials have described as a donation - without getting Moscow's consent.

It remains unknown at this time type what type of weapons these will be, but Sputnik is reporting that this will be "a special treat," citing Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Miroslav Lazanski, a military commentator for Belgrade's Politika daily, says he has not seen a single statement - not even one by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg - that Serbia must join NATO, but notes the security of Kosovo Serbs is the reason why Serbia needs to cooperate with the alliance.

Serbia needs cooperation with NATO for the sake of the security of Serbs in Kosovo, says Miroslav Lazanski.

This member of the Serbian Assembly from the ruling SNS, and Politika daily columnist, stressed that he was "yet to see a single statement, including from NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, about Serbia having to join NATO."

Serbia needs cooperation with NATO for the sake of the security of Serbs in Kosovo, says Miroslav Lazanski.

This member of the Serbian Assembly from the ruling SNS, and Politika daily columnist, stressed that he was "yet to see a single statement, including from NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, about Serbia having to join NATO."

BELGRADE - Macedonian Ambassador Vera Jovanovska was Tuesday summoned by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain the circumstances that lead to the wiretapping of the phones of Goran Zivaljevic, adviser at the Serbian embassy in Skopje, Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia leader Ivan Stoilkovic and Politika journalist Miroslav Lazanski.

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It seems that Mig 29 aircrafts which Belgrade received from Moscow will have to be delivered in parts, as Romania and Bulgaria, both members of NATO, have not allowed overflights, reports Dnevne.rs, citing Serbian daily "Alo!".

"If someone is crazy enough to make his airspace available to a third country willing to attack Serbia, we have a missile capable of knocking out all major cities in the region," Miroslav Lazanski, a military observer with the Belgrade-based newspaper Politika, told Sputnik Serbia.