Serbia this week summoned its ambassador in Kiev for consultations after Ukraine raised concerns over Serbian “mercenaries” fighting on the side of pro-Russian rebels in its conflict-torn east.
A foreign ministry statement stressed that Serbia “respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity” and had undertaken “a series of concrete moves” against citizens fighting abroad, including in Ukraine.
The announcement on Wednesday followed a release from Kiev a day earlier after Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin held talks with his ambassador to Serbia.
The consultations in Kiev focused on “the problem of Serbian mercenaries who fight… as part of the Russian terrorist troops,” in the war-torn …read more
Source: Gulf times
