The Serbian leader
arrived in Russia on October 1.
MOSCOW, October 1.
/TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Tuesday, October 2, with
Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, the Kremlin press service said on Monday.
President of the
Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic "will be in Russia on a working visit,"
the press service said. It said the two leaders will discuss "key issues
of a further development of Russian-Serbian relations, as well as topical
regional and international issues".
The Serbian leader
arrived in Russia on October 1. Earlier, Vucic said he planned to discuss with
Putin the situation in Kosovo and Metohija and ask him for support.
On Saturday, several
dozens of members of Kosovo special forces entered Serb-populated northern
districts in breach of international agreements. The special forces were
deployed to positions around Lake Gazivode, took control over the local
hydroelectric power plant and intruded the Ecology and Development Center in
Zubin Potok. According to the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija,
Marko Djuric, this was done to ensure security of leader of the self-proclaimed
Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, during his visit to the region’s north.
In response, the
Serbian president put the country’s armed forces and special police units on
high alert and voiced protest to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Analysts say the
Kosovars’ provocation was staged amid a challenging domestic political
situation in Pristina. After the Kosovo delegation’s trip to the UN General
Assembly was a failure, Thaci needed a "victorious" trip to the Serb
territory, they explained.
Source: ITAR-TASS
01-10-2018
