Closed airspace by 3 European countries, Russian Foreign Minister canceled his trip to Serbia
Foreign Minister Russia Sergei Lavrov canceled a flight to Serbia after countries closed their airspace, Interfax reported.
Visit Serbia Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s flight was canceled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his plane, a senior source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told Interfax news agency on June 5.
The source confirmed information from Serbian media that Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed the airspace with the plane carrying Moscow’s top diplomat arriving in Belgrade on June 6.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Serbia is scheduled for June 6.
EU and Britain have imposed a total flight ban on Russian planes – including the private jets of Russian billionaires – days after Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
Of the three countries that closed their airspace to the Russian Foreign Minister’s flight, Bulgaria is an EU member state, while North Macedonia and Montenegro, like Serbia, are expecting to join the EU.
Serbia is a country with close cultural ties with Russia. This European country is under pressure from the West to punish Russia after the war Ukraine.
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic agreed that Russia would continue to supply gas to Serbia while other countries were cut off for refusing to pay for Russian gas in rubles.
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