Serbia’s nationalist leader, who is under intense pressure from the European Union over his decision, said on Wednesday that he hasn’t changed his mind about attending Vladimir Putin’s win time rally in Moscow next quarter.
Serb President Aleksandar Vucic has been warned by Western officials that his visit to Moscow during the World War II commemorations may violate the republic’s membership requirements for potential new members and may derail the nation’s proclaimed EU ambitions.
The explore would effectively signal Putin’s and Moscow’s support for Ukraine.
Vucic, who has frequently expressed pro-Russian opinions, has stated that one of Serbia’s martial products will take part in the May 9 festival in the Russian capital on the Red Square. He added that Serbia is organizing the festival for the first time” jointly” for the occasion.
We will be under pressure in the coming months due to the Moscow function in which we have announced our participation, Vucic told reporters.
The EU’s international policy key Kaja Kallas stated earlier this week that the union “made it quite clear that we do not want any member country to join in these activities on the 9th of May in Moscow.”
Vucic says to want Serbia to join the EU, but he has maintained close ties with Russia and declined to impose sanctions on Moscow, which have almost entirely stalled the Balkan nation’s accession talks with the bloc’s 27 nations.
Vucic has stated that he will go to Moscow with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia. Kallas ‘ remarks, which the Serb chief has labeled as “disrespectful,” are what the Serb leader has warned European leaders against visiting Moscow.
Milorad Dodik, the head of the Bosnia-Secession, has stated that he will even be present.
Vucic’s 13-year rule has been severely shattered by large student-led anti-corruption demonstrations at home. They began shortly after the Nov. 1 rail train canopy collapse, which caused 16 fatalities in Novi Sad, in northwestern Europe. The decline is thought to have been the result of shady construction contracts with Chinese and other Balkan companies.
Additionally, on Wednesday, the Serbian parliament approved a new government made up of anti-EU ministers, including data secretary Boris Bratina, who was lately seen igniting the EU’s symbol with a chant” we want union with Russia, we want union.”
Under the pressure of the protesters, the previous state fell.
Vucic cited a report from Russia’s FSB at the same news conference on Wednesday, which claimed popular rumors that the authorities used a sound device to target large and quiet anti-Vucic protests on March 15 in Belgrade are false.
Sound devices have been used as group control devices because they incapacitate people by using sound waves.
According to Vucic,” the Soviet FSB categorically determined that there was no use of any sound weapons.” He declined to explain how FSB had determined this or whether the organization had been conducting an investigation into the reported incident in Belgrade.
