
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić . File photoBELGRADE, Apr 30Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he does not care about either Western or Eastern embassies in the light of the sanctions crisis, he will make decisions in foreign policy solely in the interests of Serbia. The largest arms review «Shield 2022″ is being held at the military airfield in Batajnica near Belgrade on Saturday . More than 1,000 military personnel, 300 types of weapons, more than 60 aircraft, helicopters and drones of Serbian and foreign production are participating in the show. The program includes flights of MiG-29 fighters, J-22 Orao fighter-bombers, G-4 Super Galeb combat training aircraft, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-35, Airbus H145, HN-42M helicopters. Gama». For the first time, citizens were shown the FK-3 air defense system received from the PRC in April, as well as the Pantsir-S1 previously presented from the Russian Federation.Serbia responded to the «humiliating demand of the United States» to punish Russia the statements of some and other politicians… Our policy should be a policy of responsibility, a policy of development for Serbia, which at every moment will think about the interests of Serbia,» Vučić told reporters after the review. He recalled the words of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who «said long ago that there is no permanent friendship in international politics, there are only permanent interests.» «We have our own interests, we must think about our country and do everything necessary for this. I can’t speak about assumptions about whether someone will impose sanctions and when «- pointed out the Serbian leader. «Neither Western nor Eastern embassies worry me. Neither Americans, nor Russians, nor Europeans, nor all the rest al. I will make decisions in accordance with the interests of the Republic of Serbia. Even if I remain alone in the world, I am elected (president in the April 3 elections — ed.) and for these five years I will make decisions in favor of Serbia and its citizens,» Vučić stressed. On April 9, the Serbian president thanked Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President for understanding why Serbia voted to suspend Russia's participation in the UN Human Rights Council, and the EU leadership to exclude Belgrade from restrictions on oil supplies. Earlier, the UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia's participation in the Human Rights Council due to events in Ukraine «The resolution was supported by Serbia among others. The decision deprived the Russian Federation of the right to vote and the right to speak in the Council. In response, Russia announced that it was terminating its powers in the HRC. In an address to citizens on March 2, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the Serbian authorities supported 4 out of 13 paragraphs of the UN resolution condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine — those that do not involve sanctions and the alienation of the property of Russian companies in the country. ovam, the crisis due to hostilities in ukraine is having a dramatic impact on serbia, which has come under enormous foreign policy pressure. for integration into the European Union

