“The situation regarding the flight denial is not about us, it is about them.

They are just trying to show unity in the ranks with such a strange, really cave method, ”TASS reports the words of Zakharova on the air of Match TV.

The diplomat stressed that it is impossible to block Russia's contacts with foreign states, cooperation continues, including with the countries of the Middle East, Asia and its closest neighbors.

Earlier, the Serbian newspaper Vecherniye Novosti reported that Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro had closed their airspace to Sergey Lavrov's plane.

Later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Ranko Krivokapic, explained this decision by the fulfillment of obligations in connection with the imposition of sanctions against Russia.