Serbia: Election-winning student movement plans to halt arms trade with Israel
Belgrade: A representative of the Student List, which won Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, has said the movement intends to stop arms trade with Israel. Filip Ubovik also called for halting a drone manufacturing project in the country developed with an Israeli defense company.Speaking in an interview with British journalist Aaron Bastani on Novara Media’s podcast,…
Belgrade: A representative of the Student List, which won Serbia’s snap parliamentary election, has said the movement intends to stop arms trade with Israel. Filip Ubovik also called for halting a drone manufacturing project in the country developed with an Israeli defense company.
Speaking in an interview with British journalist Aaron Bastani on Novara Media’s podcast, Ubovik described the situation in Gaza as a “stain on humanity.” He said the movement’s program includes ending the arms trade with Israel. He also criticized former president Aleksandar Vučić’s close ties with Israel, calling an Israel-linked drone factory in Serbia unacceptable. Vučić inaugurated the facility in September.
The movement’s recently unveiled foreign policy program condemns Israeli military operations in Gaza and pledges to increase humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
The comments come as Serbia prepares for a political transition after the October 25 election. The new government has not yet been formally formed, and no official decision to suspend arms trade with Israel or halt the factory’s operations has been announced.
