The United States considered the closure of the sky for Lavrov's plane the sovereign right of the three countries

According to a representative of the US State Department, the decision of Bulgaria,North Macedonia and Montenegro to close skies to Lavrov's aircraft is sovereign and reflects Europe's "determination" in confronting "Russian aggression" in Ukraine US State Department spokesman Ned Price

The decision of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro not to allow the plane carrying Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov through their airspace to Serbia was independent, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

“It was a sovereign decision regarding the airspace of these three sovereign countries. it reflects Europe's determination to hold RUSSIA accountable for its unprovoked and unjustified aggression in Ukraine,” he said.

Price urged Serbia to focus on achieving its goal of EU membership, including "synchronizing" foreign and defense policies with the rest of Europe.

Vucic announced requests to cancel Lavrov's visit to Serbia Politics

Lavrov's visit to Serbia was supposed to take place on June 6–7, but on June 5, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Montenegro, Bulgaria and North Macedonia had decided not to let the minister's government plane through. Lavrov called the incident unthinkable and expressed the opinion that Serbia had been deprived of the right to conduct an independent foreign policy towards Russia.

The decision to deny access to Lavrov's aircraft was made due to the sanctions imposed against him, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry explained. The European Union imposed sanctions against the Russian Foreign Minister at the end of February.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia was not surprised by the position of its Balkan neighbors, as Belgrade was "endlessly" persuaded not to accept Lavrov. Earlier, he said that Serbia intends to resist the imposition of sanctions against Russia "for as long as it can."

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