2024-09-03 13:36:31
“As of this moment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not received a request for an agreement for a new Serbian ambassador to Bulgaria.”
This was explained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to questions of “24 Chasa” about whether Bulgaria has issued or will issue an agreement to former Serbian Minister of Defense Zoran Djordjevic as an ambassador in our country.
The news that he will be sent to Sofia came from Serbian media.
“Belgrade has already requested an agreement for Djordjevic and an official response from Bulgaria is awaited,” N1 TV reported. The agreement is a preliminary agreement by a country to accept a certain person as a diplomatic representative. It is mandatory before he is sent to the foreign mission.
Djordjevic, 54, was Serbia’s defense minister from 2012 to 2016. Later in 2017, he was appointed minister of labor and social policy. He remained in this position until October 28, 2020. And in March 2021, he was appointed director of posts in Serbia. According to the investigative website Crick, Zoran Djordjevic was “the owner of the mysterious offshore company Telekraft, which worked for Telecom-Serbia”. He is a member of President Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party. Serbian media say he has no proper education. for the positions he held.
In August 2023, Djordjevic was nominated as the ambassador of Serbia to Slovenia. However, the authorities in Ljubljana have refused to issue a permit. “Slovenia refused to formally consent to the appointment of Zoran Djordjevic as ambassador due to security reasons,” wrote the Ljubljana-based Delo newspaper at the time. However, the publication emphasizes that it has not been able to receive official information as to why the agreement was refused. Slovenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also not commented on the matter.