Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov had to cancel a trip to Serbia because airspace was restricted to him due to the Ukraine war. Now the outrage in Moscow is great.

MOSCOW – The scheduled two-day visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Belgrade on Monday (June 6) has been reversed: Serbia’s neighbors refused to allow Lavrov’s government plane to fly over the country.

According to the Serbian newspaper, Vesernyi Novosti The neighboring countries of Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro, closed their airspace to the machine. The Russian Interfax news agency quoted a diplomatic source as saying that Lavrov’s visit to Belgrade had been cancelled. Cause of airspace obstruction Penaltieswhich is the European Union one day after the start of Ukraine war Against Lavrov and the Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed.

Ukraine News: Russia condemns the ban on Lavrov’s flight – a „very difficult” reaction is required

Russia on Monday (6 June) sharply criticized the blockade imposed on the Lavrov government machine. Deputy Chairman of the Russian House of Lords Konstantin Kosachev denounced the closure of the airspace as a move „against Russia as a country and Serbia As a state.” Kosachev wrote in the Telegram Internet service that he hopes for a common and “very difficult” reaction, which will be reflected not only in the form of diplomatic protests, but also in “concrete actions”.

Sergei Lavrov later criticized the blockade of his flight by some „NATO members” in a video conference with foreign journalists, calling it „outrageous”. Lavrov said closing the airspace was a „disgraceful punishment” for a country that wants to independently determine its foreign policy in accordance with its national interests.

Ukraine news: Lavrov can’t travel to Serbia, angered by Brussels 'puppeteer’

“The unimaginable has happened,” he said loudly. concentration He also said. Lavrov complained that a sovereign state was denied the right to pursue foreign policy. The European Union and NATO tried to prevent Serbia from choosing its partners freely. The West wants the Balkans for itself, just as Ukraine claims, Lavrov continued to criticize. The European Union relies on those powers that have declared „war on everything Russian”. „Brussels puppeteers want to turn the Balkans into their Balkan Closed Zone project.”

„No one will be able to destroy our relations with Serbia,” Lavrov said. He wants to meet his Serbian colleague Nikola Silakovic in Moscow soon. Serbia has condemned the Ukraine war, but at the same time Belgrade does not want to separate from its ally and Refuses to join EU sanctions against Russia. Serbia recently extended the contract for the supply of gas from Russia for a period of three years.

Lavrov’s trip to Serbia exploded due to the Ukraine war: Russia condemns the „hostile act”.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also commented on the matter: „Undoubtedly, such hostile actions towards our country towards high-ranking representatives of our country can cause certain problems and lead to the postponement of the schedule of such contacts for some time,” he said, according to the Interfax news agency. . He added that, in principle, these measures cannot destroy Russia’s good relations with friendly countries such as Serbia.

with the The course of the Ukraine war Meanwhile, Moscow itself was satisfied. Peskov said the Kremlin was „optimistic” about the development of the „special military operation in Ukraine”. All information about The conflict in Ukraine I read here. dpa / smu