Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced the arrival of the American journalist and also “congratulated” him on his “courage to conduct a truly extraordinary interview” with Putin.
American journalist Tucker Carlson, who recently interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, will visit Serbia. Politico writes about this issue, referring to the statement made by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
“He knows a lot about Serbia and said that he plans to come to Serbia in mid-2024 and that he has great respect for President Aleksandar Vučić. I told him that I was looking forward to meeting him,” Brnabic said. said.
The head of the Serbian government also said he “congratulated” the American journalist for “daring to conduct a truly extraordinary interview” with the Russian president despite “censorship”.
As journalists noted, this was Putin’s first interview with a Western journalist since the beginning of the all-out war in Ukraine. It was reported that Carlson was criticized for not mentioning the persecution of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine and the persecution of the opposition in Russia during his meeting with the Russian leader.
The publication’s authors also pointed out that Carlson also visited Budapest in early 2021 and interviewed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Additionally, Carlson met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the Hungarian capital in 2023.
Let us recall that on February 7, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Tucker Carlson. The other day, the journalist confirmed that he was in Moscow.
Later on February 12, Tucker Carlson stated that Vladimir Putin had allegedly expressed a willingness to accept significant concessions regarding the war in Ukraine. According to the journalist, after the interview, he had an informal meeting with the Russian leader.
Source: Focus
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