The visit of Lavrov, targeted by Western sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine, proves “very complicated”, according to the Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, and “uncertain until the last moment”, as Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had suggested. Finally she was canceled, “turning into a true political thriller engineered by behind-the-scenes diplomacy”, valued Novosti, close to the Serbian regime.
“We haven’t mastered teleportation yet,” noted ironically a Russian official, relayed by Flash, to announce the cancellation of Lavrov’s visit. He should have gone to Belgrade to seal a new three-year agreement on the delivery of Russian oil to Serbia, at a friendly price, or “three times cheaper”, that the Serbian President, Vucic, had obtained on May 29 after a telephone exchange with Vladimir Putin.
Serbia, a candidate for EU membership, condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but as a“traditional friend” de la Russ