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Bosnia should stay out of Kosovo issue, Serbian FM Dacic said (Tanjug, B92)

"Denis Zvizdic's saying that a change of borders means opening Pandora's box is meaningless and ridiculous," Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Instead, Dacic continued, recognitions of Kosovo opened Pandora's box - and now "no one is asking Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) how this issue will be resolved."

"We don't care what they think, who's asking them how the issue of Belgrade and Pristina will be resolved - who are they to give any opinion about it?," Dacic told reporters after laying a wreath on Slavija Square in Belgrade, to mark May 1, Labor Day in Serbia.

Dacic: Serbia will never join anti-Russia sanctions (Tanjug, B92, TASS)

Serbia will not impose any restrictive measures on Russia despite pressure, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.

"The friendship between Russia and Serbia is already a tradition. Now our relations are at the level of strategic cooperation. That's why Serbia never has and never will impose sanctions or other restrictive measures against Russia despite the pressure exerted on Serbia," Dacic told Izvestiya, TASS is reporting.

According to him, Serbia's plans to become part of the European Union will not hamper development of relations with Russia.

Dacic: Vucic will be pressured in Berlin, meeting organized without knowledge of EU (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)

President Aleksandar Vucic would face pressure in Berlin over Kosovo and Metohija, therefore the meetings he would have in Beijing with Chinese and Russian presidents are very important, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told TV Pink.

Dacic noted he does not expect pressure related to making some new framework of the content of the agreement with Pristina, but “there would certainly be the culmination of pressure on Serbia to continue the dialogue regardless of Pristina tariffs.”

Vucic-Putin meeting confirmed for April 26 in China (Sputnik, B92)

Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed on Wednesday after meeting with his Russian counterpart that the president of the two countries will meet on April 26. Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Putin will speak in Beijing during a Belt and Road forum.

Dacic announced that meeting during a press conference with Sergei Lavrov, Sputnik said.

FM Dacic comments on Hahn’s statement (Blic, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and first deputy PM Ivica Dacic is cautious while commenting on EU Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn's statement about the possibility of "a land swap" as part of a future Belgrade-Pristina agreement.

Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Blic that Pristina - who last November introduced 100 percent tariffs on goods from central Serbia, deadlocking the Kosovo dialogue - should make the first move.

German Foreign Minister to visit Serbia soon (BETA, TV N1)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic and his German counterpart Heiko Mass discussed on Friday bilateral relations between the two countries, situation in the region and possibilities for resumption of Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, BETA news agency reported quoting the statement of the Serbian Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The two officials met on the sidelines of the foreign ministers’ meeting in Warsaw, gathered under the Berlin Process including the Western Balkans and eight EU member states. They also agreed that Minister Mass would visit Serbia, the statement concluded.

FM Dacic reacts to "evil in store for Serbs in Kosovo" article (Tanjug, B92)

Serbia has been pointing out to a real problem of Pristina possibly resorting to a military conquest of the north of Kosovo. This coincides with Pristina starting to apply some unreasonable decisions, Foreign Affairs Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said, Tanjug news agency reports.

Dacic: I also warn Serbian citizens do not go to Britain (RTS, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has responded to a UK advisory to its citizens not to travel to northern, predominantly Serb, part of Kosovo, "because of crime."

Dacic said on Thursday that he, too, is warning the citizens of Serbia not to travel to the UK because of major political instability in that country, that is currently experiencing "major political chaos."

Serbia and Caribbean states sign framework agreement on cooperation (Serbian Government, Tanjug, B92)

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has spoken with Secretary General of Association of Caribbean States (ACS), June Soomer. The meeting was held during the 8th summit of the heads of state and Government in Managua of this important regional initiative.

Dacic and the ACS Secretary General concluded that Serbia's cooperation with the organization and the member states is very good and is on the rise, and that the possibilities of cooperation in many areas are very high, the Serbian Government announced, quoting Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) press release.