Aleksandar Rakovic: Serbia will not impose sanctions against Russia

ISTRA (Moscow region), September 28 - RIA Novosti. Serbia does not intend to impose sanctions against Russia, since this would be a defeat for the Serbian people, this opinion was expressed in an interview with RIA Novosti by the chief researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History of Serbia in Belgrade, Alexander Rakovic.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic signed a document on his resignation from the post of head of state on September 27. Presidential elections will take place before the end of December.

“We will continue our policy - friendly, fraternal towards Russia. We are receiving calls from the West to introduce sanctions against Russia, but so far our government has not accepted them, and we will not introduce them in the future. Because this would be a defeat for our people,” Rakovich said in response to the agency’s question on the sidelines of the Valdai discussion club.

The XXIII meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club is taking place in the Moscow region from September 28 to October 1. It will bring together 120 participants from 40 countries. The main topic of the meeting is “Responsibility for the future: limits of the possible or possibilities without limits?”

At the beginning of the first day, the annual Valdai report “Don’t panic: the state and responsibility for the future” was presented. In the future, there will be thematic sessions, open discussions and meetings with representatives of the Russian authorities.