FM Dacic: Diplomatic victory scored in Athens

Dacic said a paragraph on sanctions against Russia was dropped from the Declaration.

“President Vucic showed me both documents from which you can precisely see this and I think he will talk about this when he holds a media conference,” said Dacic commenting on Vucic’s attendance of an informal dinner hosted in Athens for Western Balkans leaders and European Union (EU) representatives by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Leaders of 11 Balkan countries including Greece signed on Tuesday in Athens a joint Declaration in support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

Dacic said “by now it has been announced in the whole of Russia” that “Serbia alone, among 13 countries, secured this position, not because of Russia, but because that goes against our national and state interests.”