Negotiations on Kosovo under the auspices of the EU have yielded no results, without US, Russia and China it is impossible to achieve a viable and applicable compromise between Belgrade and Pristina, said Minister of Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic, adding that the issue of Kosovo slowly returns to the Security Council of the UN, the Serbian media reported.
Interview with Matthew Palmer, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the United States of America. The interview was taken during the Bled Strategic Forum 2018, which took place on 10-11 September in Bled, Slovenia, where Palmer was one of the speakers.
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic spoke for Belgrade based TV Prva on Thursday morning, addressing Friday's continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the upcoming visit of President Aleksandar Vucic to Kosovo, reports Serbian media.
Asked if there would be a shift in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Dacic said:
Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic says that a solution is sought for the Kosovo issue and that a delimitation with the Albanians is just one idea, but that there are no other ideas.
He added that everyone now is opening the door to dialogue, but that there will certainly not be a discussion of two things - for Kosovo to be autonomous within Serbia and Serbia to recognize unilaterally declared Kosovo.
The United States, which will take over the presidency of the Security Council, will not include in the agenda in September a report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Kosovo, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
Guterres's regular report refers to the period from April 16 to July 15, 2018, and it was due to be debated in August, but the UK "took it off the table", the daily reported.
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in an interview for Belgrade based daily Danas says that as leaders they are responsible for the well-being of our children and future generations, when talking about Brussels based negotiation, and he thinks that President Vucic and himself were willing to prevent the past from blocking the future or endanger peace in the region in the next five or 50 years.
Pristina should stop provoking the Serb people and Serbia, as Albanians in Kosovo are no longer in a position to threaten anyone, says Ivica Dacic.
The Serbian foreign minister and first deputy PM told RTS on Wednesday that yesterday's arrest of five Serbs in Kosovo was a hostile act that does not contribute creating a positive atmosphere for dialogue.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received on Monday in Belgrade US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Pete Marocco.
According to a press release from the president's office, they discussed "bilateral relations and the situation in the region."
Vucic is quoted as saying that Serbia and the US were "continuing on a path of deepening bilateral relations and that visits by US officials were a good opportunity to remember the long-standing, fruitful ties."
Journalist Ljiljana Smajlovic on Monday spoke for Belgrade based Television Prva (TV Prva) about the Belgrade-Pristina talks, the country's EU future, and "Trump's people"...
There is "a great chance" that the solution to the Kosovo problem lies in the meeting between Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Blic write today.
Belgrade-based daily Blic adds that "the two leaders should reach an agreement on that issue."
The daily claims, citing diplomatic sources, that this is "the plan of the Serbian leadership and President Aleksandar Vucic."