Vucic Recalls Six Ambassadors, Including Babic in Moscow
President Aleksandar Vucic has signed decrees recalling six ambassadors, including Momcilo Babic in Moscow and Sima Avramovic at the Vatican, five days before his planned resignation.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has signed decrees recalling six ambassadors, published today, September 22, in the Official Gazette. Among those recalled are the ambassador to the Russian Federation and the ambassador to the Holy See in the Vatican.
Momcilo Babic is being recalled from his post as ambassador in Moscow, while Sima Avramovic is being recalled as ambassador to the Holy See. The decrees also cover:
- Dragan Vladisavljevic, ambassador to Azerbaijan
- Ivan Bauer, ambassador to Morocco
- Aleksandar Tasic, ambassador to Belgium
- Ana Ilic, ambassador to Portugal
The published decrees list neither the reasons for the recalls nor the names of the diplomats who will take over, leaving open who will represent Serbia in Moscow and at the Vatican in the period ahead.
The recall of the six comes five days before the deadline Vucic himself set for his own resignation. The president announced earlier this month that he would step down from office on September 27, while parliamentary elections have been called for October 25. The reshuffle at the head of six embassies thus falls in the final week of his mandate, just as the political scene braces both for his departure from the presidency and for the election campaign.
None of the three outlets that reported the story, Tanjug, Srpskainfo and B92, specify the exact time the news was distributed by the agency, nor who will succeed the recalled ambassadors.
