Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic described the country’s Minister of Economy Rade Bast’s call to impose sanctions on the Russian Federation and Western countries as his personal opinion. DEA News.
According to Dacic, Serbian socialists openly support the stance of the National Security Council, approved in 2022, which says Belgrade condemns “violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity” but does not support imposing sanctions on Russia.
The Minister stressed that the Socialist Party of Serbia, of which he is the head, fully supports this policy pursued by President Aleksandar Vučić.
“Our coalition partner, United Serbia (JS) member Basta, has stated, among other things, that he favors sanctions against Russia. Davcic added that JS leader Dragan Markovic Palma also said that Basta’s position is not that of United Serbia.
Previously reportedThe socialist movement, whose leader is the director of the important Serbian intelligence agency Security and Information Service Aleksandar Vulin, has demanded the resignation of the Republic’s Economy Minister Rade Basta. This happened after the head of the department announced that the country should join the policy of sanctions against Russia.
With idea Serbia is “paying a high price” for refusing to impose sanctions against Russia, Basty said.