Nebenzya: Resolution can increase tensions in entire region, Serbia has Russia's support

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Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said on Tuesday after a meeting with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic in New York that Serbia has had Russia's support from the very beginning when it comes to the proposed resolution on Srebrenica, stating that this document can increase tensions in the entire region.

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After the meeting with Vucic, Nebenzya said that it went very well, like every meeting at any level between representatives of Serbia and Russia.

"I would like to stress the commitment that President Vucic has in this case, which is very important for the Serbian people. We talked a lot about this revisionist history, which is on the rise, not only in this case, but also in general," Nebenzya told the Serbian media in New York.

He stressed that some powers want to change the history of the Second World War, the history of events in the Balkans in the 1990s, and a manifestation of this is the proposal for a resolution on Srebrenica, which will soon be voted on by the UN General Assembly .

Nebenzya said that the resolution worsens the situation in the Balkans and can increase tensions in the entire region, not only in the country (Bosnia and Herzegovina)  a part of whose leadership initiated the vote on the draft of that document.

"We are aware that the resolution may be adopted but that it will be a Pyrrhic victory for those backing it," said the Russian ambassador.

Nebenzya added that he will speak at the session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, where the proposed resolution on Srebrenica will be discussed, but did not want to reveal what he will say in order not to warn those he will address in advance.

"From the very beginning, Serbia has had Russia's support," Nebenzya said in response to a journalist's question of "whether Russia will support Serbia."

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)