On February 1, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met with Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko in Belgrade to discuss the "latest unilateral move by Pristina", as well as the possible consequences of this irresponsible act of the Kurti regime.
It entered into force in Kosovo on February 1 regulation according to which one currency is valid on the entire territory of the country - the euro.
The Kosovo government announced the day before that municipalities with a majority Serb population in Kosovo, where the official dinar was used until February 1, will be given transition period, in order for local institutions to adapt to new circumstances.
Vucic is on Instagram profile wrote that he also discussed bilateral relations and cooperation between Serbia and the Russian Federation with Harchenko, "as well as other regional and international issues of mutual interest".
"I reiterated my gratitude to Russia for its support in respecting the territorial integrity of Serbia," Vučić wrote.
One in a series of meetings
This is one of a series of meetings between the Serbian president and the Russian ambassador in the last few weeks, since the extraordinary parliamentary, provincial and partly local elections were held, which international and domestic observers say had a number of irregularities.
Vucic met with Harchenko on December 25, a day after the violence at opposition protests due to election irregularities, when the Russian ambassador said that the Serbian president had informed him "that the West is behind the riots."
Prime Minister Ana Brnabić stated on December 24 that the Russian security service was providing the authorities in Belgrade with information about possible incidents at opposition protests.
The next time they met in the Russian House was on January 10, when Bocan-Kharchenko stated that "he is not asking Serbia to turn into a pro-Russian country."