President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and NATO Deputy Secretary General, Rose Gottemoeller spoke in Belgrade yesterday about mutual political dialogue, practical co-operation and forthcoming meeting between the Serbian President and the NATO Secretary General, Politika daily reported.
Aleksandar Vucic is traveling to New York on Monday, where he will stay until September 23.
The Serbian president will have a series of meetings, and participate in the UN General Assembly.
According to Tanjug, Vucic will attend the Sustainable Development Summit of the World Economic Forum and is also expects to meet with Philipp Rosler, a member of the organization's Executive Board.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, should refuse to travel to Brussels until arrested Bogdan Mitrovic is released from detention, said Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, former president of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and MP in the Serbian Parliament.
According to Raskovic-Ivic, Vucic’s travel to Brussels, following the Mitrovic’s arrest would represent “humiliation” of the Serbian citizens “in front of a chauvinist and usurping regime in Pristina,” Kontakt plus radio reported.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said early today that as far as dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is concerned, "nothing is finished."
"I cannot talk about something that's over, but I can talk about something important for the future of Serbia. If we can do it, and I know that there are small prospects, I know Albanians, I know Serbs, I know why and why the chances are small," he told RTS and added:
"If we do not try to do something for the future of Serbia, in a different and better way, we should not do this job."
Leader of United Serbia (JS) party, Dragan Markovic aka Palma, stated JS will take part in the dialogue on Kosovo, because its aim is to find a solution that would take into consideration reality on the ground but also interests of Serbia and Serbian population, more respectively ethnic right of Albanians and historic right of Serbs, Serbian media reported.
Serbian media are still extensively reporting on the call made by the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to initiate a nationwide dialogue on the Kosovo issue.
Yesterday Serbian opposition parties, as reported by Danas daily, expressed different stances on the matter ranging from clear opposition to the dialogue to the possibility of giving it a chance.
Novosti daily reported today that the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts are ready to get involved in the dialogue.
Representatives of the opposition parliamentary parties are sceptical regarding idea of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to initiate a nationwide dialogue on Kosovo issues, Danas daily reported.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will launch in September "a state dialogue on Kosovo," something he announced at the start of his presidential mandate.
Beta is reporting this today, citing an article in the daily Vecernje Novosti.
The newspaper said that Vucic will invite all parliamentary parties to these consultations, as well as representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church, civil society, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and other "relevant social factors."
The South-East European Cooperation Process member countries is being held in Dubrovnik today, which will be attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
The president of Croatia will give the introductory speech at this meeting, after which, Tanjug learned, the situation in the region will be spoken about first by President Vucic, and then his Slovenian colleague Borut Pahor, head of the Montenegrin state Filip Vujanovic, Kosovo President Hashim Thaqi, President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Turgul Turkes.
Vecernje Novosti is reporting that Aleksandar Vucic is under tremendous pressure from the US not to have Aleksandar Vulin become Serbia's defense minister.
However, continues the Belgrade-based newspaper, the Serbian president and leader of the ruling SNS party is determined to entrust him with that duty.
"No hero"
Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday denied that he was under pressure because of the decision to appoint Aleksandar Vulin as Serbia's new defense minister.