According to TASS and other media reports, Serbian President Vucic said he could not participate in the international forum "Russian Energy Week" which will be held in Moscow.

TASS news agency said that the "Russian Energy Week" international forum will be held in Moscow from October 15th to 17th. Vucic said in a speech that he had received an invitation to attend the event in Moscow, but that European Commission President von der Leyen was going to Serbia then.

At the time of the announcement, there has been no public response by Russian officials to the above information.

According to Agence France-Presse, regarding the US sanctions on the Serbian Petroleum Industry Company, Vucic said in his speech on the 9th that this is "bad news" for Serbia and "has an extremely serious impact on our entire country."

According to the Russian Energy Week International Forum website, the forum is a platform for discussing topics such as developments in the global fuel and energy field, and multinational political leaders, representatives of large international energy companies, relevant experts and others will participate in the event.