EU Warns Serbia Against Its ‘Business as Usual’ Russia Policy
A billboard depicting the Russian and Serbian flags with the Cyrillic writing, "Together!", in Belgrade.
Photographer: Andrej Isakovic/AFP/Getty Images
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Serbia, a candidate nation for European Union membership, should rethink continuing cooperation with the Kremlin as a recent bilateral deal with Russia raises serious questions, an official for the bloc said.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic signed a two-year plan on mutual consultations last week. Some opposition groups in Serbia slammed the government, which has close ties with Vladimir Putin, for signing such a document while the war in Ukraine rages.