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Serbia: Wagner Group

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 124178, tabled on 16 January 2023

Question

Alicia Kearns
Conservative
Rutland and Melton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 119063 on Serbia: Wagner Group, whether his Department has taken recent steps to assess whether the Wagner Group has opened an office in Belgrade.

Answer

Leo Docherty
Conservative
Aldershot
Commons

Answered on

19 January 2023

We continue to monitor and assess reports of Wagner Group activity in Serbia, drawing on a range of sources and discussions with Serbian counterparts. On 16 January, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic denied reports that the Wagner Group has a presence in Serbia. The Serbian government has said it will prosecute any Serbian nationals who travel to fight in foreign wars. The UK will continue to raise concerns about Russia's destabilising activity in the region with the Serbian government.

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