Headlines 13 December
• Lavrov: Russia will not accept biased review of Resolution 1244 (media)
• Serbia has agreed on a “geographical code” for “Kosmet” (Koha)
• Civil society requests clarification of bridge revitalisation plan (RTK)
• Xhemajlaj: Lawsuit against Thaci ready for Court (Indeksonline)
• Arifaj: Thaci has not supported any candidate (Klan Kosova)
• Journalists concerned with media blackout in Syla’s trial (Telegrafi)
• Albanians to have determining role in new FYROM government (Koha)
“Commitment to EU integration, regional stability” (B92)
Serbia is strategically committed to EU integration, and its interest lies in regional stability, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday. He was speaking at an OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany. First and foremost, we are interested in further development of regional stability through dialogue, peace and reconciliation – […]
Read More →FM: Belgrade wants continuation of dialogue, not accusations (B92)
Belgrade wants a continuation of the dialogue with Pristina in a status-neutral way, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said. That also implies that Pristina does not begin every discussion with references to “genocide” or “ethnic cleansing” allegedly committed by Serbia, he told a regular news conference in Belgrade on Thursday. Pristina is displaying nervousness […]
Read More →Dacic walked out of Warsaw meeting “because of insults” (B92)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says he left a meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday “because of the insults made by Kosovo Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj.” Dacic said on Wednesday that Hoxhaj accused Serbs of being guilty for “all wars in the former Yugoslavia and for genocide.” The meeting in Poland brought together members of the Visegrad […]
Read More →Mauritius backs Serbia’s territorial integrity (Tanjug)
Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic spoke with Mauritian PM Anerood Jugnauth on the fringes of the summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie in Antananarivo, thanking him for the support for Serbia’s territorial integrity and non-recognition of Kosovo’s independence. They also discussed ways of improving political and economic ties and coordination of […]
Read More →Kosovo battle in Madagascar (gazetametro.net)
A battle for Kosovo is taking place in the faraway Africa. Serbia’s Foreign Minister has traveled to Madagascar, where he will try to prevent the plan of the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, who is in a new diplomatic mission of convincing as many states as possible to recognize the independence of Kosovo. President Thaçi […]
Read More →Dacic lobbying against further recognitions of Kosovo (B92)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday he had launched resolute diplomatic activities aimed at preventing further recognitions of Kosovo. He is doing so “with a series of bilateral meetings in the Madagascan capital Antananarivo, where he is attending a summit of the International Organization of the Francophonie,” Tanjug has reported. Dacic said his […]
Read More →Dacic, and Thaci, to attend “La Francophonie” summit (B92)
Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will attend the November 22-26 Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie in Madagascar. Tanjug reported on Tuesday that this event is “also expected to be attended by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.” President of France Francois Hollande has also been announced to attend the event, the Serbian […]
Read More →FM reacts to claim of Belgrade’s “colonial tendencies” (media)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has rejected claims of the Kosovo Ambassador to the U.S. Vlora Citaku about Belgrade’s “colonial tendencies toward Pristina.” Speaking at the end of the UN Security Council session on Kosovo, Dacic said that “we are not colonizers and will not allow to be spoken about in that way in the UN […]
Read More →Headlines 17 November
• UN Security Council discusses quarterly report on Kosovo (media)
• Mustafa blames opposition for visa liberalisation (Kosova Sot)
• EU’s Apostolova meets heads of parliamentary groups (Kosova Sot)
• Government wants to reduce number of war veterans (Koha)
• Serwer: Kosovo is not getting used to democracy (Zeri)
• German Minister of Agriculture to visit Kosovo today (media)
Dacic to attend UNSC meeting on UNMIK’s work (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will be representing Serbia at Wednesday’s United Nations Security Council meeting on a report by the UN secretary-general on the work of UNMIK, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Dacic will present his take on the report for the period between July […]
Read More →Guatemala thanked for supporting Serbia on Kosovo (B92)
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic received on Thursday in Belgrade Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales Moscoso. During the talks it was noted that, despite the existence of bilateral and friendly relations, the cooperation in economic, cultural and educational areas lag behind the real possibilities of the two countries, the Serbian government […]
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