Vučić responded to Scholz's demand to join anti-Russian sanctions

Earlier, Vucic said that Scholz demanded that the Serbian authorities impose sanctions on Russia.

“As for the sanctions, we have a different position ... We remember the sanctions (against Serbia. -

) and do not consider them effective,” Reuters quoted him as saying at a press conference.

Vučić added that the European Union should take into account that Russia and Serbia have a special relationship.

On June 10, the Serbian president said that Belgrade first heard about the need to recognize Kosovo's independence for EU membership from Chancellor Scholz.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Belgrade "does not owe anything to Brussels" yet, while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is already pointing out to Serbia the need to recognize Kosovo's independence in order to join the European Union.