Vucic: Serbia mistakenly voted in the UN General Assembly for the Western resolution on Ukraine.

The Serbian delegation voted in the United Nations General Assembly for the Western resolution on Ukraine "by mistake," they were supposed to abstain, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

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The Serbian delegation voted in the United Nations General Assembly in favor of the Western resolution on Ukraine "by mistake," they were supposed to abstain, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated.

He apologized to the citizens of Serbia for what happened on the TV Happy channel. "I think that Serbia made a mistake, I apologize to the citizens of Serbia and take responsibility. <...> We voted for the European resolution, and for the American resolution we voted as we should, abstained. And we should have abstained on the European resolution," Vucic said. He explained that the delegation's reasoning was that this confirmed Serbia's position in support of Ukraine's territorial integrity. Earlier, the UN General Assembly adopted an anti-Russian resolution on Ukraine presented by Kyiv and its Western partners. It demands that Moscow "immediately, fully and unconditionally" withdraw all armed forces from Ukrainian territory and cease hostilities. According to the voting results, 93 countries supported the document, 18 voted against, and 65 abstained. Among those who voted against the resolution were the United States, Hungary, and Israel.

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