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Russian FM Spox Zakharova's post triggers rare spat between Belgrade, Moscow after US-brokered deal

by ASSOCIATED PRESS

BELGRADE Sep 06, 2020 - 7:03 pm GMT+3
President Donald Trump listens to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speak during a signing ceremony with Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti at the White House, Washington, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo)
President Donald Trump listens to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speak during a signing ceremony with Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti at the White House, Washington, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo)
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A social media post by Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson apparently ridiculing Serbia’s president after he signed a U.S.-sponsored agreement between Serbia and Kosovo has triggered a rare spat between traditional allies Moscow and Belgrade.

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted a photo showing Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic sitting across United States President Donald Trump at his Oval Office in Washington.

She posted it alongside another photo, the iconic scene from thriller "Basic Instinct” showing Sharon Stone being questioned by police as she sits cross-legged in a chair.

Zakkharova mocked Vucic in a comment on the Facebook post, saying he was invited to the White House to be interrogated.

Vucic and other Serbian officials reacted furiously.

"The primitivism and vulgarity she showed says more about her, as well as those who gave her the job,” Vucic told the pro-government Pink TV.

Later Sunday, Zakharova apologized on Twitter, saying her post had been misinterpreted.

Her boss, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, spoke Sunday with Vucic stressing the "sincerely close ties" between the two states, the Serbian president's office said.

Vucic said while he was in Washington he defended Serbia’s close ties with Russia, including an arms purchase, and refused to impose Western sanctions against Moscow over its policies in Ukraine.

Marko Djuric, an official with Vucic’s ruling party, defended him on Twitter.

"This president did not say a single bad word against Russia, not even in that place (the White House.) ... I will not allow you to attack proud Serbia. Shame on you!” Djuric wrote.

Although formally seeking membership to the European Union, Serbia under Vucic has been forging close political, economic and military ties with Russia and China.

Trump announced Friday that former wartime foes Serbia and Kosovo had agreed to normalize economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered talks that included Belgrade moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, and pledged mutual recognition between Israel and Kosovo.

The announcement provided Trump with a diplomatic win ahead of the November presidential election and furthers his administration’s push to improve Israel’s international standing.

The agreement also calls on Serbia to diversify its energy supplies, which are now fully in Russia’s hands – something unlikely to be approved by Moscow.

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