Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content

Dacic comments on strange case of Egypt's Kosovo recognition (Tanjug, B92)

Ivica Dacic has said that Thursday's visit of the Egyptian parliament speaker should not be linked to Egypt revoking its recognition of Kosovo. Moreover, the Serbian foreign minister continued, the case of Egypt recognizing Kosovo is "not entirely clear" - as there is no written evidence of it. Dacic told a joint news conference with the foreign minister of Suriname, who is also visiting Belgrade, that the former Egyptian president (Mohamed Morsi) during the final days of his rule gave an order to the country's Foreign Ministry, after which a spokesman for the ministry said that Egypt had re

Tags

Dacic to Pristina: You are child of former US administration (Tanjug, TV Pink, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Pink if Pristina wishes to reach a compromise with Belgrade it cannot put forward maximal requests, such as the one on Kosovo recognition. Commenting on latest Brussels meeting and Hashim Thaci’s statements after it, Dacic said it was a performance for the Kosovo public, given that entire Pristina leadership came to Brussels. “There is a story that Thaci wants dialogue and pledges for a compromise solution, but others do not support him.

Tags

FM Dacic met Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo (Serbian Government, B92)

First Deputy Prime Minister and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic spoke on Friday with the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu. The Serbian Government announced this and said they have discussed "the activities of the Mission and issues of importance for monitoring the situation on the ground." Both sides "highlighted the importance of the work of the Mission in accordance with its mandate and status neutrality, as well as the need for a consistent and systematic monitoring of respect for human rights and community rights and the need for strengthening th

Tags

FM Dacic says Serbia is aware of Pristina's "secret list" (TV Prva, Telegraf, B92)

Ivica Dacic says Serbia is aware of Pristina's secret document - a list of countries to be pressed to change their (negative) stance on Kosovo's independence. Also, Pristina plans to exert pressure on these countries in order to gain membership in certain international organizations, and there is in addtion a list of countries in charge of applying that pressure. Tanjug is citing Srpski Telegraf, which is reporting that countries that should exert pressure have been selected for their influence and closeness with those who need to be "disciplined." It is stated that Austria, the US, Germany,

Tags

Slovak Defense Minister Gajdos reiterates firm stance on Kosovo (Serbian Government, B92)

First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Friday spoke with Slovak Defense Minister Peter Gajdos. According to the Serbian government, Dacic and Gajdos "assessed that bilateral relations of the two countries are traditionally good and friendly." The officials "expressed mutual satisfaction with the intense and continuous political dialogue at all levels, and expressed interest in further deepening all aspects of bilateral, especially military cooperation." Dacic expressed his gratitude to Slovakia for continuing support to Serbia's European integration, and expressed t

Tags

"My singing has helped," Dacic tells his critics (Kurir, Tanjug, B92)

Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic says Kosovo looks like the task of Sisyphus - "but we can never give up." "It's not a phrase, that's the essence," Dacic wrote in an op-ed penned for the tabloid Kurir. "All of us who are in power, but also those who are now the opposition, have the responsibility - however Tadic, and Djilas, and Jeremic all seem to have forgotten the meaning of the word," he said. "Unlike them, it seems to me that the current authorities, headed by Aleksandar Vucic, whose part is my party and myself, are ready to tackle all the difficult decisions," Dacic sa

Tags

FM: Kosovo is "failed project, Greater Albania derivative" (Tanjug, B92)

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says he was not surprised by the news of the elimination of roaming charges between Kosovo and Albania. As Dacic told reporters at the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, "this is nothing new, but something that has been happening for a number of decades and centuries - the desire to establish a Greater Albania." He said that "no one in Europe is asking about Albanian statements and actions taking place in Albania and Kosovo, while in the meantime, border controls are being abandoned, joint consular missions are opened - and then they ask Serbia what it thinks about Mi

Tags

Dacic: It is obligation of international community to guarantee security in Kosovo (Tanjug, RTS)

Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic reacting to frequent attacks against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija said it is an obligation of the international community to guarantee the security of all citizens living there, Serbian media reported.

Tags

Subscribe to Ivica Dacic