Belgrade, July 2 – The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, has confirmed that good relations are maintained between Belgrade and Moscow after a recent meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Alexander Grushko. The relationship between the two nations was described as ‘very good’ by Vucic in an Instagram post (which is currently prohibited in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, which is designated as extremist. He also publicly thanked Russia for their support of Serbia on multiple occasions, including their backing of the country’s territorial integrity based on the UN Charter.
The Russian deputy foreign minister met with key officials from Serbia including Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin. In a joint statement, both parties expressed satisfaction at the strength of cooperation between Belgrade and Moscow, stating that it had reached an all-time high in various sectors.
The UN General Assembly recently voted on a resolution concerning the genocide in Srebrenica on May 23. The draft resolution titled “International Day of Reflection and Remembrance of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica” was co-sponsored mostly by Western countries, and received votes from 84 nations while 68 abstained and 19, including Russia, China, Belarus, Hungary, Serbia, and Syria voted against it. Russia had repeatedly spoken out against the document, expressing concerns that its adoption might lead to increased tensions in the region.
The Srebrenica genocide took place on July 11, 1995, when Bosnian Serbs killed about 8,000 Muslim men and boys aged between 13 and 77 years old. International justice bodies have classified this event as genocide.