“It’s like there are two Vucic’s”, Russia says the Serbian president speaks differently in Moscow and in the West

“It’s like there are two Vucic’s,” Russia says the Serbian president speaks differently in Moscow and in the West.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Serbian president is sending double messages regarding the issue of sending weapons to Ukraine and that he is often asked how many Aleksandar Vucic’s there really are.

The Serbian Foreign Ministry responded very quickly – that Serbia makes decisions in accordance with its interests. And all this on the day when the Serbian president discussed energy stability with the Russian ambassador, as N1 writes.

The Serbian president spoke at the end of October about Serbia’s readiness to export larger quantities of weapons to the European Union.

When asked whether these ammunitions could be used in Ukraine, Aleksandar Vucic replied: “The buyers can do whatever they want with them.”

It took Moscow a week to respond.

“You know, when I read all these interviews with the President of Serbia, I wonder if there really is only one President Vučić, because it seems that these interviews are given by completely different people. We hear one statement when he is in Moscow and completely different when he speaks from other geographical points,” said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.

She added that Moscow has repeatedly received assurances from the Serbian leadership that the export of ammunition produced in Serbia is under strict supervision.

“…and that these goods will not be delivered to Ukraine, in order to prevent Kiev from using them against our soldiers,” Zakharova said.

The Serbian Foreign Ministry is surprised. They say Serbia is a “sovereign and independent state that makes its decisions exclusively in accordance with its national interests.”

“We expect this fact to be respected by representatives of friendly countries, as well as by official spokespeople of their institutions. We remind Ms. Zakharova that thanks to President Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia is the only country in Europe that has not imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation. This decision was neither easy nor simple,” said Nevena Jovanović, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Serbian president discussed gas supplies with the Russian ambassador to Belgrade yesterday. /Express/