BELGRADE, Serbia — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday the Kremlin is ready to boost Serbia’s defense capabilities amid what his Serbian counterpart alleges is a threat from neighboring Croatia.
The statements came amid rising tensions between the two major Balkan rivals and former Yugoslav republics that were at war in the 1990s.
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic would visit Moscow later this month to discuss the donation of four MiG-29 jets and other unspecified military equipment.
Media reports said the jets were decommissioned by the Russian Air Force and need major repairs. Lavrov …read more
Source: The News
