Published December 18,2023
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The Kremlin on Monday welcomed the victory claimed by Serbia‘s ruling occasion led by President Aleksandar Vucic in parliamentary elections held a day earlier.
“This is an exclusively internal matter of Serbia, Serbia that is friendly to us, Serbia that is brotherly to us. We, of course, welcome this success of Mr. Vucic,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters in a press briefing.
Expressing that Moscow is carefully monitoring the parliamentary elections in Serbia, Peskov stated that Russia hopes this can contribute to the additional growth of the nation.
“Of course, we expect that the trajectory of further strengthening our friendship, our mutually beneficial and mutually respectful interaction will continue,” Peskov additional stated.
On Sunday, Serbia held snap common and native elections for the nation’s 250-seat parliament, 120-member Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and municipal councils.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated that the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) gained 47% of the vote with half of the votes counted.
She additional stated that the coalition Serbia Against Violence (SPN) acquired 23%, whereas the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), the SNS’s ruling associate, acquired 6.7%.
Source: www.anews.com.tr