Russian official ignites spat with Serbia over 'Basic Instinct' Facebook post.
In televised remarks during a visit to Brussels, Vucic said, “Maria Zakharova speaks mostly about herself, and the primitivism and vulgarity she showed speaks of her, and by God, of those who placed her there.”
Vucic was in Washington for U.S.-mediated talks with Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti on normalizing relations.“Today, the enemies of Serbia and Russia are delighted with Zakharova’s petty malice,” Serbian Defense Minister Aleksander Vulin said in a statement. Zakharova rarely walks her remarks back, and often seems to revel in controversy. But given that Serbia is one of Russia’s closest allies in the Balkans, Zakharova issued an apology later on Sunday and her boss, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, spoke with Vucic by phone.
“I am sorry, but my post was misinterpreted!” Zakharova wrote on Facebook. “The only thing meant by it was a rejection of the arrogant attitude on the part of the ‘exceptionals,” she wrote, referring to the White House. A video of Vucic sitting next to Trump in the Oval Office announcing the restoration of economic ties went viral over the weekend when the Serbian leader appeared to react with surprise as Trump announced his agreement to move the Serbian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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