Russia accepts Vucic’s apology for vote in favor of resolution on Ukraine

“Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s prompt response to his country’s accidental vote in favor of an anti-Russian UN resolution appeals with Moscow,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Peskov told a press briefing Russia understands that this was a genuine mistake.

“Certainly, we have heard it and taken note of it,” said Peskov in response to a question from the TASS agency about whether the Kremlin had taken note of Vucic’s apology. “Technical mistakes do happen,” he noted.

“Of course, such a prompt reaction from the head of state appeals to us,” added Peskov.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Monday a Ukrainian-European resolution confirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, and Serbia voted in favor.

Russia’s TASS said the UN General Assembly “voted for an anti-Russian draft resolution on Ukraine, which, as always, ignored the root causes of the conflict.”

“Contrary to its usual practice, Serbia also voted in favor of the document. Vucic later said that it was a mistake and stressed that the country had been expected to abstain from voting. The Serbian leader took the blame and apologized to the country’s people,” added the Russian news agency.