Overview
- Selenskyj completed a two-day state visit to Belgrade on Saturday, August 8, 2026, held talks with President Aleksandar Vučić and agreed to pursue a Free Trade Agreement to be negotiated by year-end.
- The two presidents signed memoranda of intent on humanitarian aid, agriculture and energy cooperation and discussed joint projects to shore up Ukraine’s supplies ahead of the coming winter.
- Vučić publicly reaffirmed Serbia’s support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity but said Belgrade will not join Western sanctions on Russia and that military cooperation with Ukraine is not on the agenda for now.
- Reports and diplomatic sources name possible defence‑industry links such as drone or ammunition production in Serbia as subjects of interest, but those plans remain unconfirmed and politically sensitive.
- Coverage differs in emphasis: some outlets frame the visit as a direct challenge to Moscow and a diplomatic win for Kyiv, while others stress Serbia’s economic motive and the visit’s role in Belgrade’s EU and WTO ambitions.