The United States of America advised Serbia to coordinate its foreign policy with the rest of Europe if it really wants to become a member of the European Union, which it publicly declares.

Commenting on the disrupted visit to Serbia by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose plane was not allowed into their airspace by Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro, US State Department spokesman Ned Price noted that these were sovereign decisions of these three countries.

“This reflects Europe’s desire to hold Russia accountable for its unprovoked, unjustified aggression in Ukraine.. We urge Serbia to focus on achieving its stated goal of EU membership, including harmonizing its foreign and security policy with the rest of Europe,” Price said..

He added that the United States has long urged Serbia to take steps that will advance it on the European path..

One of them is the diversification of energy supplies and the reduction of energy dependence on the Russian Federation, and the United States is ready to help in this..

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On the eve of Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bulgaria did not approve the flight due to their airspace of the aircraft, which was supposed to deliver Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the Serbian capital Belgrade.

Russia was outraged by such actions of the Balkan countries, and the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, even threatened Europe with a nuclear strike because of this..