Serbia pledges aid to Ukraine but ducks call for more pressure on Russia

Serbia will send Ukraine more humanitarian aid but did not sign up to a regional call for continued security support for the country and more pressure on

Russia, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in Kyiv.



Vucic earlier met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and took part in the regional Southeastern Europe-Ukraine summit. It was the first visit of a Serbian leader to the Ukrainian capital in over a decade, but Vucic's second visit to Ukraine after he took part in the same summit in the Black Sea port of Odesa last year.



Belgrade, which has a history of close ties with Moscow, has refused to join Western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, but has repeatedly condemned Moscow's policies in the United Nations and expressed support for Ukraine's territorial integrity. Vucic has also met Zelenskiy on several occasions.