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The visit of the Serbian delegation to Washington and the White House in early September, in addition to the debates on the content of the signed documents, provoked violent reactions in the public after photos of President Vučić sitting alone in a chair facing the Donald Trump in an armchair.
Photo: Office of the President of SerbiaMarija Zaharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, compared the photos of Aleksandar Vučić in front of Donald Trump to the scene from “Low Passions,” which was followed by an apology.
And imagine that the president did not say a single nasty word against Russia, not even there. And imagine that the president waited an hour and an hour with the Russian president for a reception and never asked for a special chair. I do not allow you to attack proud Serbia. You should be ashamed of yourself! pic.twitter.com/yCdQDhxWIF
– Marko Djuric (@markodjuric) September 5, 2020
Serbian politicians more or less explained to the public that sitting in a chair is part of the protocol and nothing more.
Vučić’s media adviser Suzana Vasiljević also said, during a guest appearance on TV Prva, that this is a protocol that is valid due to kovida 19 and that it is the same for representatives of all countries.
Vučić himself said, as Danas reported, that “it did not occur to him that because of the chair” in which he was sitting in the Oval Office of the White House, which many commented, he left the meeting with Trump.
“Imagine the president of any of our small countries in the region who is given the opportunity to enter the Oval Office, to speak bilaterally, alone with the president of the United States, and when they put a chair on him, he says: ‘Sorry, I’m not interested in this chair.’ It’s nice to kick it, so I’m going to go out and I really care about America, because it’s very important to me because of my vanity what kind of chair it will be! ”Vučić said.
However, photos of Trump’s meetings at the White House in the past period and before and after Vučić’s visit to Washington deny Suzana Vasiljevic.
The official images of these events speak of a different “protocol” and relationships, even at the time of the corona virus epidemic.
Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed an agreement on September 15 on the establishment of diplomatic relations in the presence of the US president at the White House.
Blessed are the peacemakers pic.twitter.com/CxHTAkc86u
– Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) September 15, 2020
Also in late August, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Qadimi met with Trump.
In June, Polish President Andrzej Duda was in the White House.
In addition to these representatives of the countries, during the epidemic representatives of many institutions, as well as of several states of the United States, attended the White House, which can be seen not only in the media but also on official channels (YouTube, twitter, etc.) of the White House.
The photos attest that during the visits of those foreign delegations, diplomats and statesmen with Donald Trump, the protocol looked different from that of the Serbian delegation and President Vučić, and that the media noted that other statesmen shook Trump’s hand and sat down. next to each other.
Therefore, we value Suzana Vasiljevic’s claim that the protocol was the same for representatives of any other country and that this is the way the talks are conducted during Kovid 19, as false.
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