Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić expressed “not surprise at the obstacles placed in the way of the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the capital Belgrade, which was scheduled for June 6 and 7 this year”, showing that “there was a lot of pressure.” rendered to Belgrade prior to the date of this visit.

Vučić said in statements that “there were attempts to divert the route by countries that prevented the Russian Foreign Minister’s plane from flying to Belgrade”, noting that “Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Bokan Harsenko told him that Lavrov’s planned visit had been postponed.”

Lavrov announced yesterday that “his visit to Serbia has been canceled after the unprecedented closure of the airspace of some countries,” noting that “there are those who do not want to give us the opportunity to talk to Serbia and reaffirm our position towards it or towards Bosnia.” “Our relations with Serbia will not be destroyed or disrupted by anyone, despite the closure of airspace for my visit to Belgrade.”