US-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won’t join Western penalties



US-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won’t join Western penalties

https://apnews.com/article/russia-serbia-putin-vulin-sanctions-relations-3950358c5d75e8334001d22f156b2abe

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  1. >Serbia is a Russian ally and will never impose sanctions against Moscow or join NATO, the Balkan nation’s deputy prime minister said Wednesday as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    >The remarks by Aleksandar Vulin, a former intelligence chief who is under U.S. sanctions, reflect persistent close relations between Belgrade and Moscow despite Serbia’s proclaimed bid to join the European Union.

    >“It’s a great honor for me to have the privilege to talk to you,” Vulin told Putin. “Please believe me when I say it is a great encouragement for all Serbs, wherever they may live.”

    >Serbia has refused to join Western sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine though it has condemned Moscow’s aggression. Populist President Aleksandar Vučić has said that imposing the sanctions wasn’t in Serbia’s national interest.

    >“Serbia is not only a strategic partner of Russia, Serbia is also Russia’s ally,” Vulin said. “This is why pressure on us by the West is huge.”

    >Vulin’s meeting with Putin in Russia’s far-eastern city of Vladivostok came just days after French President Emmanuel Macron visited Serbia when Belgrade signed an agreement to buy French Rafale fighter jets, a move that was seen as possible a shift away from Moscow. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier also visited Belgrade for the signing of a tentative EU deal with Serbia on raw materials needed in green transition.

    >The two met in Vladivostok on the sidelines of an economic forum designed to attract foreign investment and showcase Russia to them. Greeting Vulin as the two sat down for talks, Putin expressed hope that Serbia’s deputy prime minister will be able to “take a close look and evaluate the possibilities of cooperation with such a large and promising region” as Russia’s far east.

    >Vulin told Putin that Serbia’s close ties with Russia will continue in the future.

    >“Serbia led by Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbia that will never become a member of NATO, which will never impose sanctions against the Russian Federation and which will never allow its territory to be used for any anti-Russian actions,” he said.

    >“Serbia has not become and will not become part of anti-Russian hysteria,” Vulin said.

    >The U.S. imposed sanctions on Vulin last July, accusing him of involvement in illegal arms shipments, drug trafficking and misuse of public office and aiding Russia’s influence in the volatile Balkans.

    >Vulin has received two medals of honor from Russia.

    >The U.S. sanctions against individuals and companies in the Balkans are designed to counter attempts to undermine peace and stability in the volatile region and Russia’s “malign” influence.

    >The West has stepped up efforts to lure the troubled region into its fold, fearing that Russia could stir unrest to avert attention from the war in Ukraine. The Balkans went through multiple wars in the 1990s, and tensions still persist.

  2. They have lithium, so noone will care anymore. I can see “Serbia good” in next months, regardless what they will do. Coocksuckers are already waiting in a queue, or were there.

  3. All countries orbiting around Russia are poor as hell. No idea why you want to be an ally of Russia

  4. Man’s surrounded by Nato countries and he decides fucking around is a good idea.

    Can someone explain what happened to Serbia for them to act this way?

  5. This sleazy piece of shit is Aleksandar Vulin (Not to be confused with Vučić). This guy was elected president of our intelligence agency (BIA) a couple of years ago and he is now the vice president of our government…

    He, despite the competition never being bigger, is by far the most disgusting and repulsive politician in our government (at least in my opinion). He cannot even be considered a spy since he is so open about his connections with the FSB. There is even a pic of him bowing down and laying flowers on Stalin’s grave, I’m not even joking…

    There’s a lot more about this guy that I could say but I’d just be wasting time since by the title and headline alone you can already tell that this guy is nothing more than a sleazy steaming treacherous sack of shit.

    There’s even footage of Vulin where a police dog that was trained to bark at people in possession of drugs was barking at him, at first it was hilarious to see but after realizing that THESE are the types of people in our government I quickly stopped the laughter and sat there in silence.

  6. Being a friend with a terrorist makes you an accomplice.

    I guess Serbia will stay forever in the stone age. This is the fate of every country partnering with russia.

  7. where are the serbian liberals and democrats? do serbians realise they live in europe? sometimes it feels like they never left the nationalist era of the 1900s

  8. This current team on Serbias top is gonna drive us into hell… They cheat on every possible elections, they even invented new ways of cheating which was never known to history!

  9. You know what is funny he goes there to talk with Putin about Serbia being ally while Vučić is home selling weapons to Ukraine and also granting them money.

    Local news even started talking about selling Migs to Ukraine now that deal for Rafales is signed.

    Also he is speaking truth about Serbia and Serbs not waiting to join NATO. Why would they?

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