Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic, Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin and European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic said Pristina’s decision to ban entry in Kosovo to all Serbian officials represents anti-European stance and shows unreadiness of Pristina for the dialogue, RTS reports.
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic received on Wednesday on a farewell visit Spanish Ambassador Miguel Fuertes.
Brnabic expressed her gratitude to the diplomat for his personal engagement in improving relations between the two countries.
Fuertes underlined Spain's strong support for Serbia's further progress on the road to the European Union and stressed that this support will continue through close, friendly relations with our country, the Serbian government announced.
First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic was on a bilateral visit to Georgia on Wednesday, where he met with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani.
Dacic emphasized the importance of good and friendly relations between the two countries and its people, expressing satisfaction with successful cooperation in all areas of mutual interest, the government announced.
On the eve of a meeting of the Regional office for the cooperation of youths (RYCO) Managing Board due to be held in Pristina, Serbia’s representative Milica Skiljevic was replaced because she said she would go to Kosovo despite the country’s instructions, N1 reported on Wednesday.
The reason for her replacement was Serbia’s Government decision that the move would be against the country’s interest, while Skiljevic said she only wanted to present the interest of young people.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic spoke with on Monday with representatives of the European Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFR).
According to the Serbian government, they discussed "the current state of affairs in relations between Serbia and the European Union in the process of our country's Eurointegration and the future of the dialogue Belgrade and Pristina."
Serbian media reports that First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic received on Monday Deputy Commander of NATO Joint Force Command in Naples Lieutenant General Christian Juneau.
The Serbian government said in a press release that the interlocutors underlined that Serbia and NATO have a common interest of preserving peace and stability in the region, as well as the determination to further enhance partnership cooperation in all spheres of common interest.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic assessed on Friday that Burundi, with its decision, of last year, to withdraw recognition of Kosovo, has contributed to a change in the balance of powers in the international arena and the position of Serbia in the negotiation process, the Serbian government announced.
Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric told Zvecan-based TV Most he came to Kosovo with a clear message that the support of the Serbian Government to the Serbs here would be even stronger.
He added, the efforts of the Serbian Government in this regard would not stop but would rather get intensified. He also noted Belgrade wishes to work on finding a solution to the Serbian-Albanian relations, something that is of general interest.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sent holiday greetings to First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.
In his message dated December 21, Lavrov said that Moscow is ready for further close cooperation "on the Kosovo issue."
The Foreign Ministry announced in a press release late on Tuesday that Dacic was presented with Lavrov's New Year and Christmas (to be celebrated in Serbia and Russia on January 7) message during a meeting in Belgrade with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin.
An unscheduled closed session of the Serbian Government was held in Belgrade on Friday morning due to the incursion of a Kosovo police unit into the north of Kosovo, reports Serbian media.
President Aleksandar Vucic has had extraordinary meetings with the army and police chiefs this morning. Other security services, as well as commanders of special military and police units, also took part in these meetings.