The Serbian Foreign Minister Mark Juric visits her Russia Today and tomorrow, the services on Sunday announced, clarifying that he will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

Mr Juric is also expected to meet with Canstan Kasachev, Vice President of the Federation (Upper House) Council and take part in a “Conference at the Moscow International Relations Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”.

Serbia has never imposed sanctions on Russia following the invasion of the Russian army in Ukraine in February 2022 and maintains good relations with Moscow, which depends on almost all the amount of natural gas it imports.

In September, the Vice President of the Serbian government and former head of the Intelligence Service Aleksandar Vulin, who has been imposed by the US, met with President Vladimir Putin in Russia and stressed that Serbia is not just a “strategic partner” “Russia’s ally”.

Serbia is a country candidate for joining the European Union, a major financial partner, and over the last three years its government has been engaged in fragile balance exercises between Brussels and Moscow.

The EU often expresses concern about Belgrade-Moschas’ relations and also often urges Serbia to align itself with its own foreign security policy and policy.

In November, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he was intended to go to Russia in May to take part in the celebrations of 80 years from the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, if it did not interfere with the “end of the world. “