Djuric: Serbia has backed letter of support for Guterres

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Friday Serbia had backed a letter of support for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres following Israel's decision to declare him a persona non grata.

Responding to questions from reporters at a press conference with Slovak FM Juraj Blanar, Djuric noted that reports to the contrary by some media outlets were untrue.

"Serbia has backed that letter, but we do not take requests from certain circles in Belgrade or tabloids that want to determine what statement we will make on what day," he said.

He noted that Serbia would continue to pursue an independent policy and that it supported international law and would act in its own interest.

Earlier, some media outlets reported Serbia was allegedly not among the more than a hundred UN member states that have signed the letter of support for Guterres.