Aleksandar Vucic (BETAPHOTO/PREDSEDNISTVO REPUBLIKE SRBIJE/Dimitrije Goll)
In the evening on June 1, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Belgrade will not introduce visas for Russian nationals.
A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said in Moscow on June 1 that a decision by Serbia to abolish the visa-free regime with Russia could not be unilateral and would entail reciprocal measures.
“As a rule, such decisions are symmetrical. They are made on the basis of reciprocity,” Peskov told reporters in the Kremlin, commenting on reports that Serbia could abolish the visa-free regime with Russia, according to the TASS news agency.
The Russian daily Izvestia reported earlier on June 1 that discussions were intensifying in Serbia on anti-Russian initiatives, including the possible abolition of the visa-free regime with Russia by the end of the year, in connection with Serbia’s accession to the European Union (EU).
Speaking to TV Prva, Vucic said that “this is the first time he hears of this”, adding: “There are many who are expecting the support from the Russian Federation ahead of the elections and they are trying to say worst things about us in various aspects.”
Vucic also said he has asked Assembly speaker Ana Brnabic whether such initiative has been submitted to the Assembly, which, according to him, she denied.
“There is no talk about such a thing. Even if adopted, it would be scrapped right away,” Vucic stressed.
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