”Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in a statement on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) Security Council session, used extremely offensive expressions that are not appropriate forthe presidents of states, and even less to friendly relations between the Slovenian and Serbian people, ” Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob announced.
“The words are reminiscent of some other time and are unworthy of the reached level of relations between the two countries. Slovenia performs its work in the UN General Assembly and sincerely advocates for peace and reconciliation between nations, therefore it is the least we can expect from the president of friendly Serbia, who is otherwise a regular guest in our country”, it was stated from the cabinet of Slovenian Prime Minister Golob.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia invited the chargé d’affaires to the Serbian embassy in Ljubljana for a conversation.
The reason is Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic‘s statements against Slovenia after the UN Security Council session on Kosovo.
The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon, called the words of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, offensive and unacceptable, which is why they decided to invite the Serbian charge d’affaires to defend them.
“We are asking for an explanation, an apology, it is not in the spirit of good neighborly and friendly relations,” she said, calling Vucic‘s words untrue.
As she added, she does not imagine good cooperation if someone comes out with such offensive words and insults the entire nation.
“We expect Serbia to act in the spirit of the European values it defends,” said Fajon.
Vucic said on Tuesday that Serbia had fallen into a trap set for it by the United States (U.S.), Switzerland and Slovenia.
“When the session of the Security Council was delayed, I wondered what it was about, but then we realized that they agreed with the Americans, Slovenians and Swiss. It is not known who is more disgusting, the Slovenians or someone else,” Vucic said.
The Embassy of Serbia in Ljubljana is headed by a chargé d’affaires. Namely, Slovenia has still not given consent to Zoran Djordjevic, the candidate for Serbian ambassador in Ljubljana, due to concerns in security and intelligence circles.
