The President of Serbia President, forced to land urgently

The plane that transported the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, was forced to proceed with an emergency landing in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, after which he continued his flight to the Russian capital, where the head of the Serbian state follows the ceremonies occasioned by the 80th anniversary of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Armor. Which military parade on May 9 in the Red Square, according to Tanjug, Reuters and The Moscow Times.

The cause of this deviation from the initial route was the massive attack with drones on Wednesday by Ukraine on Russia’s territory and the intense activity of anti -aircraft defense systems, which caused serious disturbances in air traffic.

The Varbian president’s plane temporarily landed in Baku in Azerbaijan, after several states in the region closed their air space following Ukrainian drones on Moscow, which is why most airports in the Russian capital were closed, the Tanjug Agency said.

Vucic found about two hours at Baku airport before taking off to Moscow.

Russian president Vladimir Putin, Iuri Usakov, announced on Tuesday that Putin will have bilateral talks with Vucic on May 9.

The President of Serbia said he would go to Moscow for the ceremonies dedicated to Victoria Despite all the pressures.

Officials of the European Union have urged the presidents of countries aspiring to adhere to the EU, including Vucic, to align their external policies to those of the Community bloc and to avoid the ceremonies organized by Moscow 9 due to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, which lasts over three years.

Before embarking on Moscow, Vucic met on Wednesday morning with Russia’s ambassador to Belgrade, Aleksandr Botsan-Harcenko, and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Edward Ferguson.

These were Vucic’s first working meetings, after the break about some health problems that forced him to interrupt a visit to the US at the end of last week, according to Tanjug.

At the end of last week, Vucic suddenly returned from the United States, where he was expecting to meet President Donald Trump, invoking health reasons. But his doctors said that his condition had improved and could return to work in the middle of this week.

A day ago, Lithuania and Latvia announced that they refused Vucic’s plane to fly over their air space. Riga justified his decision by ‘the political sensitivity of the purpose of flight’, while Vilnius invoked ‘technical and diplomatic circumstances, according to The Moscow Times.

A similar prohibition was also applied to the special flight of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who also intends to reach Moscow, but it is not yet known what route.

At least 350 flights have been canceled or delayed in Russia from Tuesday as a result of Ukrainian attacks with drones, the Russian Tour-operators Association (Aitor) announced two days before the 80-year-old ceremonies from Victoria against Nazi Germany, which will take part in about 30 foreign leaders, according to AFP.