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US: Vucic Intensifies Relations between Serbia, Russia

Politiko 28 Nëntor 2019, 11:15
US: Vucic Intensifies Relations between Serbia, Russia

Serbia is among the Western Balkans countries with the most indulgent environment for the Russian influence, whereas before 2012, when Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) came to power, the bilateral military relations between Serbia and Russia were at a substantially lower level, the US Secretary of Defense said in its May report, Radio Free Europe (RFE) carried.

The report analyzes Russia’s relations with Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (B-H) and North Macedonia.

“After 2012, the SNS took steps to increase military co-operation with Russia,” the report reads, adding that the cooperation resulted in the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement in November 2013 and that Serbia is the only Western Balkans state that has signed contracts with Russia in the security area.

It is emphasized that Serbia is the only country that participates in joint military exercises with Russia at least twice a year since 2014, as well as that it is benignant towards assistance in obtaining military equipment.

The report also reads that Russia started showing greater interest in increased military cooperation with Serbia to confront the international isolation following the annexation of Crimea back in 2014.

“Later that year, the first joint military exercise ‘Srem 2017’ was held, including over 400 air forces (members) taking part. After that, the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) participated for the first at the tanks’ exercise during the International Military Games in Russia. The participation continued in the following years,” the report reads.

The report notes Russia’s military donations to Serbia. Of the countries observed, only Serbia had cooperation in the intelligence sector with Russia.

“The visit (to Serbia) by Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Security Council’s Secretary, in October 2016, is linked with the deportation from Serbia of two Russian spies suspected of participating in an attempted coup in Montenegro, according to some sources. The Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin and Vucic agreed in the meeting in April 2018 to continue the cooperation and activities in the areas of security and intelligence services,” the US Secretary of Defense report reads.

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