Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. File photoBELGRADE, May 21Serbian authorities will adhere to the decision of the country's National Security Council not to impose sanctions on Russia, as much as possible, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said. Journalists asked the head of state on Saturday about the proposal of part opposition to officially additionally indicate their position on the situation around Ukraine.Serbia pays for not imposing sanctions against Russia, Vučić said»Today I still haven't heard a position «for» or «against» sanctions — (they say — ed.) if something happens, then it's possible, and if it doesn't — others are at least openly saying — impose sanctions, and we know what their policy is. Our job is to fight for our country, to stick to the paper that we wrote ourselves — the decision of the National Security Council, as much as we can and for as long as we can «, Vučić said on TV Pink. On April 9, the Serbian President thanked the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov 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 because of the events in Ukraine. Serbia, among others, supported the resolution. 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 fellow citizens on March 2, the President of Serbia said that the Serbian authorities, in accordance with the decision of the national Security Council, supported 4 of the 13 points of the UN resolution condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine — those that do not involve sanctions and the alienation of property of Russian companies in the country. According to him, the crisis in Ukraine is having a dramatic impact on Serbia, which has found itself under enormous foreign policy pressure. due to Western sanctions
