Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic commenting on yesterday’s statements of his Slovenian counterpart Cerar on protests in Serbia, Putin’s visit and EU path, said that Cerar speaks about political crisis in Belgrade and they barely managed to form a government, Vecernje Novosti reported.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Blic that "Sherlock Holmes himself would not be able to determine exactly how many countries recognize Kosovo."
"With a number of countries, no decisions have been passed," Dacic said, and recounted his conversation with a minister from Oman, with whom he "almost quarreled" because Dacic claimed that Oman had recognized Kosovo - while the minister said this never happened.
Five countries are expected to withdraw Kosovo recognition in the coming period, Serbian press report.
The first of these countries is Palau, whose president is visiting Serbia. It is expected that at this time it will be officially confirmed that Palau is withdrawing its recognition of Kosovo.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic told TV Happy that on Monday, 21 January, one more country could revoke recognition of Kosovo.
Noting, that Belgrade managed to bring back Kosovo “as the main topic on the agenda,” Dacic added that Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov, during yesterday’s visit to Belgrade told him “it is a historic achievement for Belgrade to convince 12 countries to revoke recognitions of Kosovo.”
First Deputy PM Minister and FM Ivica Dacic welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade late on Wednesday.
Dacic welcomed his colleague and friend Lavrov and expressed great satisfaction to meet him again, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a press release, cited by the government.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told Prva TV that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not bring any spectacular solution for Kosovo.
“The Russian leadership, since the very beginning, absolutely supported Serbia’s position and we update them regularly. Therefore, there would be no spectacular ideas, however support to Serbia will be evident,” Dacic said.
He noted that are much misinformation related to the final agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, including media reports that Washington and Pristina prepare some sort of new Rambouillet.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has revealed that a fight almost broke out during one of the meetings between Belgrade and Pristina delegations in Brussels. Dacic, who is also first deputy PM in the Serbian Government, specified that those involved were himself and the-then Kosovo Justice Minister Hajredin Kuci.
Dacic made this statement after President Aleksandar Vucic said that Kuci on one occasion "jumped at Dacic during a meeting between Belgrade and Pristina delegations," and that he "had to come to his aid."
Ivica Dacic has said that 2018 was marked by the extremely dynamic diplomatic activity of Serbia, both bilaterally and multilaterally. The first deputy PM and Foreign Minister spoke on Monday during the New Year's reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized for members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of the media, B92 reports.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minster Ivica Dacic told RTS that based on the information he has, it is 100 percent true that the US has threatened Kosovo to impose some sort of sanction if taxes are not revoked.
Dacic added that in diplomatic circles and talks with people from the State Department one can hear that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj “if things remain as they were” would not visit US any time soon, respectively his visa will not be granted.
It's ridiculous that Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic says Serbia's relations with "neighbors Zagreb, Pristina, and Podgorica" have been strained. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated this, adding that it was also ridiculous to say that Montenegro was "not making anti-Serb decisions, but those in its own interest."
"I suppose Djukanovic means Montenegrin interests, which is nice - because Serbia is also making decisions in its own interest," Dacic told Podgorica-based daily Dan. "Should I apologize to somebody because of that?," he asked.