President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a phone dialog together with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić.
Supply: European Pravda, citing Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)
Particulars: Zelenskyy mentioned he mentioned "strengthening relations" between Ukraine and Serbia with Vučić and thanked Belgrade for its monetary and humanitarian help.
Quote: "We aligned our efforts on the shared path towards EU integration. President Vučić prolonged New 12 months greetings to the Ukrainian individuals and expressed hopes for the earliest doable peace."
Zelenskyy famous that earlier this week, the brand new Serbian ambassador formally began his work in Ukraine. The Embassy of Serbia in Ukraine has been suspended for safety causes since March 2022.
Quote: "I imagine that the renewed and full-fledged operation of the Serbian Embassy, led by the ambassador, will develop our cooperation."
Background:
- Relations between Ukraine and Serbia usually are not simple on account of Belgrade's sturdy allegiance to Moscow and its want to take care of enterprise as regular with Russia regardless of its aggression towards Ukraine and Western sanctions. That is additionally changing into an issue for Serbia's relations with the EU and its European integration.
- Similar to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Vučić is making an attempt to current himself as a "peacemaker" within the Russo-Ukrainian battle.
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