Belgrade won’t give up its pride and constitution for some European ‘carrot’, and the battle for Kosovo still lies ahead of us, Serbia’s Foreign Minister has told the Vecernje Novosti daily on Friday.

Ivica Dacic referred to a comment by Peter Beyer, a German parliamentarian from the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, who has recently told Belgrade authorities that “Serbia cannot be a part of the European Union until it de jure recognizes the independence of Kosovo.”

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, speaking for RTS “Upitnik” show said that Pristina constantly seeks an alibi to avoid implementation of signed agreements. Dacic added Kosovo does not want to join Interpol because of the fight against the crime, but to show and prove itself as a state. Dacic also underlined as long as the UN SC Resolution 1244 remains in force, there is no army of Kosovo.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that Kosovo authorities are jeopardizing both the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and regional stability by failing to meet the obligations it accepted, FoNet news agency reports.

Speaking at a ceremony for graduates of the Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, Dacic said that Serbia has proved itself to be a responsible, reliable and predictable partner with no hidden agenda, adding that it has met all the obligations it accepted during the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic said Kosovo “would fail” at the voting for membership in Interpol, despite of allocating millions of euros to become part of this international organization, BETA news agency reported.

“Without agreement (with Belgrade) there is no membership in any international organization. They would fail at the voting for Interpol, as they did for UNESCO,” Dacic added.

Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has spoken out against Kosovo's membership in Interpol, as well as against the formation of an army in Kosovo.

Strache pointed this out after his meeting with Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic in Vienna on Friday.

At a joint press conference, Strache said that questions regarding Kosovo's membership in Interpol and formation of an army cannot be given a positive answer until the issue of Kosovo has been resolved at the UN level.

Announcements of establishing Kosovo army, under that or some other name, is something that causes fear and anxiety, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, adding he hopes for some sort of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continuation in order to decrease tension because of such things, Tanjug news agency reported.

Vucic made these remarks responding to the journalist’s question to comment on Pristina announcements they would make a decision this week on forming the army, either with that or some other name.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he is not certain if the information that USA ceased communication with the Kosovo minister of defense is accurate, adding he heard it from the media, but reminded that the USA administration does not see Kosovo any longer as “its child,” and attempts to be balanced, RTS reported.

“I think this is good. Generally, Kosovo foreign and internal politics are on major defensive. They are no longer “a child” of the West, but rather a problem. They are an obstacle for peaceful solution in Kosovo,” Dacic told journalists.

Kosovo’s associate membership in the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) does not mean it has been recognized as a state, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said yesterday, TV N1 reports.

Speaking at the OIF summit of heads of state and government in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Dacic said that there are 13 permanent members of the organization which have not recognized Kosovo. A Foreign Ministry press release said that those countries submitted a declaration to the summit stating that their stand on Kosovo had not changed.

Bosnia doesn't recognize Kosovo, and if members of its Presidency don't respect Serbia's territorial integrity, they are undermining friendly relations.

That would trigger a reciprocal reaction, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said, reacting to Zeljko Komsic's statement that Kosovo is "an independent state to him."

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic said that Pristina is currently in a defensive phase, by visiting the countries that have recognized Kosovo, to prevent them revoking recognitions, Serbian media reported.

On the other hand, Serbia continues lobbying that some countries revoke recognitions of Kosovo, and Dacic remains certain there would be more revoking by the end of this year, therefore he expects the number of recognitions to drop below 100.