Lavrov cancels Serbia visit after three countries close airspace for his plane

Lavrov cancels Serbia visit after three countries close airspace for his plane

Ukrinform
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has cancelled his visit to Serbia after the neighboring countries closed their airspace for his government plane.

That’s according to Reuters, Ukrinform reports.

Bulgaria. North Macedonia, and Montenegro refused to allow passage of the Russian government aircraft en route Moscow-Belgrade through their airspace.

Read also: Ukraine at UN Security Council: The final accord of the war will be tribunal for Putin, Shoigu and Lavrov

Serbia, which maintains close ties with Russia, has not joined western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.

Last month, President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic agreed that Russia would continue to supply gas to Serbia while transmission to other EU countries was terminated after they refused to pay for gas in roubles as demanded by Russia. 

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and to the website of a foreign media outlet. Citing and using materials in offline media, mobile apps, Smart TV are allowed only with written permission from Ukrinform. News and publications marked as "Advertisement" and "PR" and articles in the section "Releases" include promoted content, and an advertiser is responsible for the content.

© 2015-2024 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Website design Studio Laconica

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-