Slovenia summoned the Serbian ambassador because of Vučić’s statements – EURACTIV.com
Due to the statements of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić during the visit of Slovenian President Borut Pahor in Belgrade last weekend, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry called the Serbian Ambassador to Slovenia, Zorana Vlatković.
“We have informed the Serbian side that we are very surprised by President Vučić’s statements,” the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.
The mentioned statement was Vučić’s statement after the conversation with Pahor on Saturday, when he was asked whether Serbia would join the EU sanctions against Russia.
“How can I explain to our citizens that we are imposing sanctions against Russia, which did not violate Serbia’s territorial integrity, but not against Slovenia, which did,” Vučić said about Slovenia’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence.
The ministry “expressed the expectation that Serbia will not problematize our position towards Kosovo in the future, as Slovenia’s support for Kosovo is not directed against Serbia”.
It also reiterated that Slovenia firmly opposes equating the Slovenian recognition of Kosovo with Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Pahor was in Serbia before the September 12 summit of the Brdo-Brijuni initiative, a platform initiated by Slovenia and Croatia to speed up the rapprochement of the countries of the Western Balkans with the EU.