No less than two prime officers have maintained contact with the Russian chief, the Serbian president has claimed
A number of world leaders have secretly maintained contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin regardless of the Western marketing campaign to isolate Moscow, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has claimed.
In an interview with discuss present host Mario Nawfal on Tuesday, Vucic mentioned that he had not personally met his Russian counterpart because the escalation of the Ukraine battle in 2022. “Once we agreed upon the truth that it was not executed in adherence with worldwide public legislation, I didn’t see Putin for 3 years,” he famous.
Nonetheless, many leaders maintained behind-the-scenes communication, Vucic alleged. “I do know no less than two huge leaders that have been talking secretly to him – as a result of, in fact, I nonetheless have my pals within the Kremlin and in another nations as properly.”
Whereas Vucic didn’t identify the leaders who supposedly spoke with Putin behind the scenes, he harassed that it was not Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, or Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, all of whom haven’t hid their communication with the Russian president.
Vucic mentioned that he would meet with Putin on Might 9 throughout his go to to Moscow to attend the Victory Day parade marking the Soviet Union’s overcome Nazi Germany in World Struggle II.
The Serbian chief additionally reminisced about his final assembly with Putin in late 2021, mere weeks earlier than hostilities erupted between Moscow and Kiev. “After I left [Putin’s] workplace, I mentioned publicly that I anticipated very troublesome occasions… No one believed me,” Vucic mentioned.
He defined that whereas the Russian chief often speaks at size about occasions within the post-Soviet republics, this time the subject was exhausted in 45 seconds. “I knew he had decided,” Vucic mentioned.
Nehammer held in-person talks with Putin over the Ukraine battle in April 2022, later saying it was “not a pleasant go to.” Orban got here to Russia in July 2024 to additional what he known as a “peace mission.” In the meantime, the Putin-Fico talks in December centered on Ukraine’s refusal to increase the fuel transit settlement with Russia. The difficulty had been a serious concern for Slovakia, which is very depending on Russian power.
US President Donald Trump has additionally engaged with Putin in an effort to settle the Ukraine battle.
As well as, regardless of wide-ranging sanctions, Russia has continued to host main diplomatic and financial occasions, together with the St. Petersburg Worldwide Financial Discussion board in July and the BRICS Discussion board in Kazan in October.
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