Moscow’s ally in Europe rejected Putin’s invitation

by times news cr

“At that time, we will have important guests from abroad,” A. Vučičius was quoted as saying by the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Balkan Service.

October 22-24 A high-level BRICS meeting will be held in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan.

in 2009 The BRICS group, founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China, the Republic of South Africa and Russia, aims to bring together the most important countries of the emerging market economy and become a political and economic counterweight to the richer Western countries. Earlier this year, this group of countries expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Putin said on Wednesday that he hoped Vucic would accept his invitation, which Vucic confirmed he had received “10-12 days ago.” The Serbian leader said he would consider attending the BRICS summit.

Earlier on Thursday, the European Union warned Serbia that maintaining strong ties with Russia was “incompatible” with its bid to join the EU after Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin called Belgrade “a Russian ally” when he met Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.

Serbia has historically had close ties to Moscow and is heavily dependent on Russian gas. Although the United Nations condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Belgrade refused to impose sanctions on the Kremlin.

Parengta pagal „The Moscow Times“ inf.

2024-09-07 00:45:21

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