Dacic: Stability in Balkans requires common Serbia-US interest (B92)
Ivica Dacic says his message in Washington this week was that there is no stability in the Balkans unless the US finds a common interest with Serbia.
Serbian media: Maybe Condoleezza, and possibly Lavrov; EU: Belgrade and Pristina decide on the format
The Belgrade based daily Blic, in yesterday's edition, reported that if the US introduced Condoleezza Rice in the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, Serbia would be then suggesting Russia to enter the scene, along with Sergei Lavrov, the Russian head of diplomacy.
A source of Blic from the top of the government said that there were small chances that there would be a change in the format of the dialogue, but that Serbia will definitely not sit still.
- If something is changed in Brussels, and America is included in the dialogue that would mean changing the format of the dialogue and Ser
Dacic on change of negotiation's format, Pristina's UN ambition (Tanjug, TV Prva, B92, RTS)
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says he does not believe that a change to the format of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is possible.
Speaking for Prva TV late on Monday, Dacic also said that he had no information that former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice could become her country's special envoy for the Balkans.
"I saw Condoleezza about 20 days ago in the UAE. I also met with John Kerry. They have been freed, so to speak, of their political obligations.
Serbian foreign minister rejects U.S. call to choose between Russia and the West (Reuters
The largest of the states to emerge from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Orthodox Christian and Slavic Serbia has natural affinity with Moscow, but it is keen to join the European Union.
This month, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee told Belgrade it “cannot sit on two chairs at the same time”. His remarks sparked sharp criticism in the Serbian capital.
Serbian FM says US diplomat's comments are "nonsense" (Beta, B92)
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has rejected the assessment of US diplomat Brian Hoyt Yee that Serbia was "sitting on two chairs."
Serbia is interested only in its own interests, Dacic said on Thursday.
Dacic told reporters in Belgrade that Serbia will continue to work in accordance with its state and national interests, "regardless of what they are saying, from the sidelines."
According to the foreign minister, who is also Serbia's first deputy prime minister, his country is "not interested in anyone else's chairs, nor does it have two chairs - instead it only has one, and that is Serbia."
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"Vucic-Yee meeting had two key points" – sources (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)
The meeting on Tuesday between President Aleksandar Vucic and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Brian Yee "could be summarized into two key points."
Tanaskovic: USA will support Pristina from shadow (Tanjug, Blic)
If request for Kosovo’s accession to UNESCO becomes the topic again, USA would support it from the shadow, through other states it has close ties with, said the Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Darko Tanaskovic, Serbian media reported.
Tanaskovic, also said that the withdrawal of USA from UNESCO in any case does not go in favour of eventual new requests from the provisional institutions in Pristina. Tanaskovic also said, that because of this, but also sets of other different reasons, chances for Pristina to enter UNESCO would not increase in the times ahead.UN chief will work with US despite UNESCO pullout (AFP)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will continue to work with the Trump administration despite differences, a spokesman said Thursday after Washington announced it was pulling out of UNESCO.
Guterres “deeply regrets” the decision but “at the same time of course we interact with the United States very productively on a range of issues through a range of organizations and will continue to do that,” said spokesman Farhan Haq.
The government of US President Donald Trump announced it was quitting UNESCO, accusing the UN cultural and education body of “anti-Israel” bias after it des
“Haradinaj’s story for internal use” (Tanjug, KIM Radio)
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic said to Tanjug that the statements of Kosovo leaders “are intended for internal use” and this is how he sees the latest statement of Kosovo Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj.
Haradinaj earlier stated there is no continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue without involvement of the USA.
“I would not comment on every Pristina’s statement, intended for internal use,” Dacic said referring to Haradinaj’s statement.
Dacic highlighted that in the dialogue held so far, there would be no talks in such way, reminding that the dialogue was transferre
US pushing hard to make Kosovo Interpol member (Vecernje Novosti, B92)
Ahead of the Interpol General Assembly that will start on September 26, the US is "mustering all forces" to make Pristina a new member of the organization.
The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported this, adding that the host of this year's assembly is China, and that in Beijing, Belgrade's arguments on this issue will be defended by a delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic.