Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. File photoBELGRADE, May 25.The introduction of sanctions against Russia by Serbia is currently impossible, the future is unknown, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. On Wednesday, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Vučić answered the question of Serbian national television whether there is a possibility that Belgrade will support Western sanctions against Moscow “Now there is no such possibility. What will happen in the future, I don’t know what this life will bring and how everything will look. I am not one of those who swear and then do not fulfill it,” the President of Serbia said. prefers «not to swear, but to do something.» According to him, this approach has always been better, he always believed him more, «than those who swear by everything in the world, and on the third day, I know they will act differently.» «I say — we follow our interests, we fight for them. Who knows what threats and something else might be, but you see — 90 days have passed, and Serbia is pursuing the same policy … Its own, not pro-Russian or pro-Western, is on the European path, has not offended anyone, has not contributed to the conflict and is pursuing an independent politics,» the head of state stressed and added that many of those present in Davos condemn him for his position on the Russian Federation.Vučić promised assistance in rebuilding Ukrainian citiesOn April 9, the Serbian president thanked Russian presidential spokesman 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 come under enormous foreign policy pressure.
