Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Forced To Cancel Serbia Visit After Three Neighboring Countries Close Airspace

 

Politico.eu: Russia’s Lavrov forced to cancel Serbia visit after neighboring countries close airspace  

Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their sky to Putin’s foreign minister.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia Monday has been canceled, Russia's state-run Interfax press agency reported Sunday, after neighboring countries reportedly closed their airspace to his plane. 

Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro had all banned Lavrov's plane from their airspace, Serbian newspaper Danas reported. 

"Our diplomacy has yet to master teleportation," a Russia foreign ministry source quipped to Interfax. The three countries banned Russian flights from their airspace as the results of sanctions against Moscow, which has waged war on Ukraine. But at least one exception was made in April, when a Russian place flew through Bulgaria to pick up Russian diplomats from Serbia.  

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