BELGRADE – Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic is scheduled to participate in a special conference that will bring together foreign affairs ministers of the Western Balkan countries and the European enlargement commissioner in New York next week.
Announcing the activities of the Serbian delegation at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, Dacic said that he will take part in the meeting of the OSCE three consecutive chairmanships including officials from Serbia (2015), Ukraine (2013) and Switzerland (2014).
The Serbian minister and his Western Balkan colleagues will attend the meeting on peacekeeping operations, which will be chaired by U.S. Deputy President Joe Biden, tabling the fight against Islamic terrorism and terror group Islamic State as the key topic.
This issue will be discussed at a special session of the UN Security Council, which will be attended by U.S. President Barack Obama, and Dacic underlined at a press conference that Serbia will offer strong support to the war on terror.
Dacic said that the UN Security Council session, where Serbia will be presented by President Tomislav Nikolic, and many other diplomatic activities will be very important for strengthening of Serbia’s position in the international arena.
