"To President Vučić it's not easy. He is an experienced politician and is committed European integration. But, at this stage, the EU mocks him, simply blackmails him. They say: yes, Serbia has been waiting for a long time, we will speed up the negotiations when you fulfill the two main demands. The first is - admit it independence of Kosovo. And others - support all our decisions concerning Russia. He has bravely endured that pressure for far more than a year," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as reported by Sputnik.
One of the world's most experienced diplomats pointed out that it would be unacceptable for Moscow "for our Serbian brothers to participate in arming the Kiev regimeThat is why, he says, Vučić made a special decision prohibiting such activities.
On the "attack" Volodymyr Zelenskiy's request to be admitted to Belgrade the president of Serbia "probably agreed in order to somewhat weaken the pressure of the EU", according to Lavrov.
And that pressure is "impertinent and opportunistic, they behave as if they already have the Fourth Reich."
To condemn Martens' "killing of Russians"
Lavrov also said that Moscow would like to hear Belgrade's reaction to the issue Michael Martens asked Zelensky about how the Europeans can additionally help Kyiv to kill as many Russians as possible.
This question was asked by a journalist from "Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung" (FAZ) at the press conference of Vučić and Zelenski in Belgrade.
"Regarding the situation when the issue was raised at the press conference held by Zelenski and Vučić: I saw that the President of Serbia was simply taken aback. Naturally, given their enormous contribution to the victory over Nazism, we would like to hear some kind of reaction from our Serbian friends," said the minister.
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