Serbia wants to regain its position in the Non-Aligned Movement
On the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement, created on the initiative of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito at the Belgrade Conference, Serbia wants to regain its position in this intercity organization.
This was reported by Politika, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The Non-Aligned Movement is celebrating six decades of existence, and this year is due to host a Belgrade conference similar to the one held in 1961, at which the organization was founded. However, unlike Yugoslavia (SFRY), today Serbia has only the status of an observer country there.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Nemanja Starović told Politika that representatives of his country are currently intensively communicating with Azerbaijan, which is currently the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, agreeing on the format of the meeting.
“We absolutely need Baku’s support because we are just an observer country,” Starovic said, citing Serbia’s success with COVID-19 vaccinations. “By the way, if the United Nations General Assembly cannot be held physically this September (it was last held online), then the meeting in Belgrade could be the largest international multilateral meeting in the world this year.”
This event was announced earlier by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in a conversation with Bosnian journalist Senad Hadzifejzovic:
“We will try to organize an event on this occasion in the fall, because 60 years have passed since the conference in Belgrade,” the Serbian president said.
In 1961, the Non-Aligned Movement (to international military blocs, which primarily meant NATO and the Warsaw Pact) was organized by the leader of the SFRY Josip Broz Tito in agreement with the leaders of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser and India Jawaharlar Nehru. This was also preceded by Tito’s trip to the countries of Asia and Africa on the ship “Galeb”.
With the collapse of Yugoslavia, Belgrade lost its influence in the Non-Aligned Movement, however, it itself, formally uniting 120 countries, does not have the same authority and influence. At the same time, Serbia fits perfectly into the philosophy of this organization, strictly following the principle of military neutrality.
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