BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia is seeking explanations from NATO on why its jets have allegedly shadowed Serbian passenger planes flying back from Russia.
Serbian officials said that on Wednesday a NATO jet flew close to an Air Serbia flight from Moscow to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, near the Latvian border.
A similar incident was reported by Serbian media on Friday when reportedly a NATO Belgian Air Force fighter jet “escorted” another Air Serbia plane flying from St Petersburg to Belgrade.
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has said such actions “endanger civil aviation and lives of passengers.”
Serbian media said there were more than 200 passengers and crew on the plane https://t.co/IMUN10XmBp
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 12, 2022
Besides Turkish carriers, Air Serbia remains the only European airline to maintain its regular flights to Russia after an international flight ban was imposed.
Serbia has voted in favour of UN resolutions condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine but has refused to join international sanctions against its ally Moscow.
The German foreign minister praised Serbia's UN vote against the war and the offer to host Ukrainian refugees, but she added that "joining the European Union means readiness to align with the positions of the Union" https://t.co/4YAkIuef2o
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 12, 2022
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