Reuters has corrected its report on the foreign policy plans of the “Student List,” which won Serbia’s parliamentary election on October 25. The clarification concerns a possible halt to Serbian arms exports to conflict zones, including shipments through Western intermediaries that supply weapons to Ukraine.
On October 26, Reuters published an article examining the challenges facing Serbia’s new leaders. The agency later corrected the section dealing with arms exports.
The updated version states that leading candidates from the “Student List” had not said whether a future government would stop exporting weapons from Serbia to conflict zones, including sales to Western intermediaries that supply arms to Ukraine.
A correction note at the end of the article specifically states that the report was amended to clarify the student movement’s position on a potential halt to arms exports.
The article, however, still states that the “Student List” does not plan to join European Union sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Representatives of the political movement have also said that Serbia’s dependence on Russian energy supplies reflects an acute economic dependency rather than a geopolitical alliance.
In the October 25 snap parliamentary election, the “Student List” won 52.65% of the vote, while Aleksandar Vučić’s “United Serbia” received 39.22%.
