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Russian Prime Minister Medvedev in Belgrade on October 19 (Beta, B92)

Belgrade based news agency Beta quotes press service of the President of Serbia announcing that Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev will visit Belgrade on Saturday, October 19. Serbian media reported earlier that Medvedev comes to Belgrade on the occasion of marking 75th anniversary since the liberation of Belgrade in the World War II, as well as that he will address MPs on the Special Assembly of the Serbian Parliament. Detailed agenda and timetable for the Russian Prime Minister's visit will be announced later. As President of Russia, Medvedev already visited Serbia i

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Vucic: I did not know there was a poison on ethnic basis (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met today with the Ambassador of Russia to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharachenko, Serbian media report. During the meeting President Vucic expressed concern over the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, following the recent elections there and tensions provoked by Pristina. He noted he did not know there was a poison that works selectively on an ethnic basis, adding he would insist on “comprehensive investigation and punishment of liars and fraudsters who have organized this shameful media action,” press service of the Serbian president announced. The two offic

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Vucic concerned about Pristina attempts to abolish the Serbian list, he says it will lead to to catastrophic consequences (B92, Kosovo online, TV Pink, N1, FoNet, Vecernje Novosti )

Kosovo online portal reports, quoting TV Pink, that President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said, at the beginning of the meeting with the President of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matviyenko, that he was very concerned about the situation in Kosovo, especially regarding recent events and attempts by Albanians to bring a decision on abolishing the Serbian List.

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"If China, India and Russia do not recognize Kosovo, it will not achieve statehood" (B92, Tanjug)

Newly appointed EU Foreign Minister Joseph Borrell says Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is taking too long

He added that the current situation cannot be continued and that an agreement must be reached, on which he will strongly engage, and will first visit Pristina, because, he says, he already knows Serbia well.

“One thing is clear: Kosovo and Serbia must reach an agreement. That is important. I will do everything I can to meet this priority”, Borrell said.

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Dodik: Russia and China should be asked to appoint their envoys in the Balkans (Kurir, N1)

Russia and China should be asked now to name their own special envoys in the Balkans, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said commenting on the appointment of Richard Grenell as Washington's special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina talks, Serbian media carried on Sunday. “Serbia has no reason to be worried, it has a clear stance. It would be good now to ask Russia and China to name their special envoys, so we can see how those issues can be solved.

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Ambassador Botsan-Kharchenko: Russia was prevented from doing what is necessary to solve Kosovo's problem (Tanjug)

The Russian ambassador to Serbia stated that the meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov in New York was very significant.

Regarding Kosovo, Ambassador Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko says that till the present Serbian leadership there was no real political effort to address the Kosovo issue, and that absolutely enough has not been done.

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Vucic willing to deal on Kosovo but angered by tariffs, US Senator Murphy says (N1)

US Senator Chris Murphy believes that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is willing to recognize Kosovo but is angry over the 100 percent tariffs imposed by Pristina on goods from Serbia. Regional broadcaster N1 reported that Republican Senator Ron Johnson wrote on his blog about his recent visit to Belgrade, saying: ''We both believe that he (Vucic) is willing to strike a deal with Kosovo to recognize their independence, but right now, he is mad as a hornet over the 100% tariff.

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Russia is getting involved in the resolve of Kosovo issue? (Politika, Tanjug, B92)

Dusan Janjic from the Forum for Ethnic Relations says a new format of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is likely to be created to include new players

Among others, it will include Russia.

In a statement given to Belgrade based daily Politika, he said that in addition to US Envoy Matthew Palmer, it is possible that Germany and France would appoint a joint representative, or that each of these countries has a representative.

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Zakharova: "US to apologies first and pay compensation for bombing Yugoslavia, then look to the future" (B92, Tanjug, TASS, Kurir)

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said US must apologize for the bombing of Yugoslavia, and then they can ask others to look to the future "The United States must apologize for bombing the former Yugoslavia back in 1999 and pay compensation to the relatives of those killed and injured in the US-backed NATO air raids, and then they could ask others to look into the future", Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. She reacted to the statement given by outgoing US Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott, who said that the Serbs should look at NATO’s bomb

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Polemics between Palmer and Botsan-Kharchenko (RTS)

RTS reports about polemics between the newly appointed US envoy for the Western Balkans Mathew Palmer and Russian Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko. Earlier Palmer told Montenegro-based television that Moscow wishes unstable region. Botsan-Kharchenko responded to this by saying why would Russia need instability in the Western Balkans while her leading companies are implementing the long-term projects in Serbia. “We see the Western Balkans as a member of western countries’ family, integrated into Euro-Atlantic institutions, as states cooperated with based on rules and norms.

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