Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Serbia understands the value of partnership with Moscow.
Zakharova noted that an election in favor of the collective West would hurt Belgrade. The diplomat pointed out that envoys from the United States, the European Union and other countries exert intense pressure on the Serbian leadership “literally every day”.
He stressed that the country’s national interests are not negotiable and that Serbia understands the independent value of the Russian-Serbian strategic partnership.
“We know how resilient Belgrade must be to continue working with us – of course, in the interests of their state, under the most severe pressure from Washington and Brussels and from comrades who are doing their best to pull Serbia to the “anti-Russian front”. Zakharov He is quoting from. FAN.
He added that the main aim of the West is not to attempt to “stabilize” the region, but to break the political will of the Serbian leadership and force Belgrade to join the sanctions against Moscow.
As previously reported Public News ServiceSerbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the collective West attributes Belgrade’s progress towards EU membership to supporting anti-Russian sanctions.