Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova. File photoROME, Jun 5Serbia's neighboring countries have closed the airspace for the flight of the aircraft of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. On Sunday, the Vecherne Novosti newspaper wrote that the leaders of Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia refused to let the plane of the Foreign Minister through their airspace Russia. The publication published a photo of the corresponding document of the Montenegrin authorities.The Federation Council commented on the refusal to allow the plane with Lavrov to Serbia «Only today, an hour ago, the countries surrounding Serbia closed the communication channel, not allowing the flight of Sergei Lavrov, which was heading to Serbia. The Russian delegation was supposed to arrive in Belgrade for negotiations. Countries Members of the EU and NATO closed their airspace, closed another channel of communication,» the diplomat confirmed on the air of the Italian TV channel La7. She drew attention to the fact that Russia, unlike the European Union, is not going to install an iron curtain. «Your mistakes are that you are too selfish, you think that you are in the center of the world, that there are no other nations besides you. You have no moral right to teach someone something,» Zakharova stressed. was forced to personally deal with the logistics of Lavrov's visit scheduled for June 6-7. On Monday at 10:00 (11:00 Moscow time) a meeting of the Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Bocan-Kharchenko and President Vučić is to take place. At 19:30 (20:30 Moscow time), the head of the Serbian state will address citizens due to the situation with the visit of the Russian minister. declared that he was proud of Serbia without an anti-Western and Russophobic approach
