Belgrade, Serbia— Serbia today confirmed that a planned visit by Russia’s foreign minister to the Balkan country will not take place.

The announcement followed reports that Serbia’s neighbors, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro had refused to allow Sergey Lavrov’s plane to fly through their airspace to reach Serbia.

Moscow yesterday accused the West of closing off lines of communication by forcing Lavrov to cancel today’s planned visit.

Serbia’s neighbors closed their airspace to Lavrov’s plane, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Italian television in comments reported by Russian news agencies, the Associated Press (AP) news said.

Source: Oman News Agency