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The Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin, met on September 9 in Moscow with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, the Government of Serbia announced.
According to the announcement, Vulin thanked Shoigu for the invitation to participate in the meeting of BRICS members and partner countries, which will be held in St. Petersburg, under the organization of the Security Council of Russia.
The summit of BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Republic of South Africa) is held from October 22 to 24 in the Russian city of Kazan.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, declared a few days ago that he will make a decision on the invitation sent by his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to participate in the BRICS summit on October 10 or 15.
In the meeting between Vulin and Shoigu, according to the announcement, "a wide range of topics of common interest to Serbia and the Russian Federation" were discussed.
One of the topics was the situation in Kosovo, and Vulin said at the meeting that it is "on the verge of conflict", thanking Russia for respecting Serbia's territorial integrity.
Last week, several border points between Kosovo and Serbia were closed due to blockades placed on the Serbian side of the border. The blockades were initially organized as a response to the decisions of the Government of Kosovo to close parallel Serbian institutions in the north of Kosovo. But, on September 7, the border points were opened.
Vulin met on September 4 with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok.
Before this meeting, the European Union told the media in Serbia that "maintaining ties with Russia at the time of its war of aggression against Ukraine is not in line with EU values and the accession process."
Vulin often criticizes the West in his statements and is considered one of the strongest supporters of the Kremlin among the Serbian ruling elite.
The US State Department has put him on the sanctions list in mid-2023 because of his ties to Russia and on suspicion of corruption when he headed the Serbian intelligence agency, BIA.
Vulin was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the Serbian Government in early May.
Serbia is one of the few countries in Europe that refuses to join the international sanctions against the Kremlin, after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine./ REL
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