Hahn: EU underestimates China’s influence on Balkans (Financial Times, Beta, N1, Danas)
The European Union has minimised the impact China has on the Balkans, the bloc’s Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn has said on Tuesday, adding he is worried about the level of loans for infrastructural projects those countries take from Beijing, the Beta news agency reported. In an interview with Financial Times, Hahn said such loans […]
Read More →Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to visit Beijing in April (BETA, TV N1, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has received a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader “expressed readiness to work with him on further improvement of the strategic partnership between the two countries,” Tanjug news agency reported, quoting the president’s press office. According to a press release, at Xi’s invitation, Vucic will attend the 2nd […]
Read More →Report ahead of Munich Security Conference published, mentions China as new player in Balkans (Tanjug, B92)
“The most recent addition to the regional power game is China; and the EU suspects that it may exploit its economic heft for political gains.” This is stated in a report published ahead of this year’s Munich Security Conference, dubbed, “The Great Puzzle: Who will pick up the pieces?” The segment of the report dedicated […]
Read More →Serbia and China set on comprehensive strategic partnership (Serbian Government, B92)
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic on Monday welcomed the new Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Serbia, Chen Bo. Brnbic stressed that friendly relations between the two countries are constantly improving, the government announced. Brnabic pointed out the cooperation in large infrastructure projects and Chinese investments, including the investment in Smederevo Zelezara and RTB […]
Read More →Vucic: Relations with China at highest level in history (Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed the new Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Chen Bo, expressing belief she would add with her work a special mark on the iron friendship between the two countries, Tanjug news agency reported. Vucic added he is proud that relations between Serbia and China are at the highest level in history and […]
Read More →Dacic: Mogherini confirmed Kosovo agreement must be ratified by UN (Beta, N1)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked the EU’s Federica Mogherini on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and she said any potential agreement between the two sides would have to be ratified by the UN Security Council, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. “This is evidence that Russia is monitoring the situation and that they won’t just be […]
Read More →Chinese president invites Vucic to Belt and Road forum (Tanjug, B92)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to the second Belt and Road forum on international cooperation. The gathering will be held in Beijing on April 25-27, Tanjug reported, citing a press release from the Serbian president’s office. In the invitation, Xi said Serbia occupied a significant place and played an active […]
Read More →Drecun: We must accept that Greater Albania will be created (TV Pink, B92, Beta)
Serbian Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija chair Milovan Drecun has assessed that the creation of Greater Albania is an irreversible process. Drecun also told Belgrade based TV Pink that this will be created “in one form or the other” and that this is being done in order to create a counterpoint to Serbia – […]
Read More →Dacic to Novosti: Nobody can claim we’ll have Kosovo deal in 2019 (B92, Beta, Vecernje Novosti)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic say no one can claim that the Kosovo issue will be resolved in 2019. He also pointed out that the fact that the Brussels dialogue has been stopped for months does not mean that a solution is not being sought. “I am the first to wish we could come to a […]
Read More →FM: Dialogue will likely continue in different format (B92, Tanjug, Nedeljnik)
Ivica Dacic says that Serbia will in 2019 certainly intensively deal with the issue of Kosovo and Metohija, and “probably in a different format than until now.” “No one can say – we will solve Kosovo and Metohija next year, at least no serious politician in our country and abroad. As far as I’m concerned, […]
Read More →Vladislav Jovanovic: US has plan “B” for Kosovo (Srna, Tanjug, Blic)
A retired Yugoslav diplomat Vladislav Jovanovic assessed that Serbia’s right to sovereignty over Kosovo and Metohija is stronger than the right of self-declared Kosovo to its own sovereignty, saying other countries that have interests in the Balkans would decide on the resolution of Kosovo issue, and not only the US, Blic daily reported. Commenting on […]
Read More →Serbian president asks China for help (B92, Tanjug)
Aleksandar Vucic informed Chinese Ambassador Li Manchang about “the danger of the announced formation of the army of the so-called Kosovo on December 14.” Vucic asked Li to, as a friend of Serbia, “regularly report to the Chinese leadership on the development of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija,” the Serbian president’s cabinet said in […]
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