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Dacic: The hypocritical response of the British Embassy (Tanjug, RTS, Politika)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic described the response of the British Embassy in Pristina to President Aleksandar Vucic's criticism as "utterly hypocritical."

Dacic told Belgrade based daily Tanjug that anyone who sits with the future prime minister of the so-called Kosovo with the Albanian flag thus supports his publicly demonstrated aspiration to create a "Greater Albania."

He said that the ambassador should not arrange party rooms, but "may refuse to sit there, as some other ambassadors have done".

Vucic asks British Ambassador: On which election did Kurti win and whose flag is it? (B92)

Belgrade based B92 portal reports on Serbian President tweet with a question for the British Ambassador in Pristina, photographed with leader of Vetëvendosje next to Albanian flag.

"I have a question for the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Pristina: On whose elections did Kurti and his party win and whose is the flag in front of which, Your Excellency, you proudly got photographed with Kurti? I will keep asking you this until I get an answer," Aleksandar Vucic wrote on his Twitter account, portal quotes.

Two "special members of diplomatic corps" arrived to Belgrade, another two on the way (B92, Politika)

United Kingdom and United States appointed experienced diplomats for their ambassadors to Serbia, presenting their countries in Moscow before Belgrade-based daily Politika reported.

Former Deputy Head of Mission of Great Britain in Moscow Sian MacLeod will replace Dennis Keefe on the position of Head of Mission of Great Britain to Serbia. Another "deputy" from the leading western embassy in Moscow comes to Belgrade to hold the position of the US Ambassador, Politika daily claims.

As US President Donald Trump confirmed, Kyle Scott will be succeeded by Anthony F. Godfrey.

US says Kosovo police operation legal, Russia demands apology from Pristina (FoNet, N1)

The UK, the US and Germany called on the UN Security Council during the Monday's meeting on Kosovo, to strategically revise the UNMIK mission, praising it for the job done so far, while Russia demanded an apology from Pristina for the treatment of its UN member, the FoNet news agency reported on Monday.

The US representative said Washington was concerned about the tensions between Pristina and Belgrade, adding both sides should go back to the dialogue on normalisation of relations.

UK ambassador to Serbia: UK and Serbia have complex relations, but share common values (Beta, N1, RTV, Blic)

The outgoing UK ambassador to Serbia Denis Keefe said on Thursday that his country and Serbia have a complex relationship, but that the two countries share common values, the Beta news agency reported.

Keefe said, visiting the Vojvodina RTV Show Pravi Ugao (Right Angle), that British suggestion of the resolution on Srebrenica in the UN Security Council three years ago was not against Serbia, adding that the reconciliation in the region requested "honesty and open discussion, not the relativisation."

Covic: Some evil is being prepared for Serbs in Kosovo (Telegraf, Tanjug, B92)

Former head of the Coordination Centre for Kosovo and Metohija Nebojsa Covic, believes that "some evil is in store" for Serbs in northern Kosovo. In his view, Pristina authorities, with the support of their foreign mentors, are planning to "round off their sovereignty in the whole territory of Kosovo and Metohija."

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."

Drecun: London’s warning political maneuver (Tanjug, Dnevnik)

A warning London has sent to the British citizens saying they should not travel to the north of Kosovo resembles more a political maneuvre that has something else in its background, and not security threats, interlocutors told Tanjug news agency. They also noted if British services have such information, they should share it with Belgrade, Pristina and KFOR.

Dacic to Politika daily: They never asked us what we want with Kosovo

There was never a talk with representatives of the international community about what Serbia would like as an outcome in the negotiations with Pristina, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in an interview for Sunday's edition of the Belgrade based daily Politika, answering the question of whether in the past the issue of the Serbian position has been raised in discussions with influential Western officials.

Dacic: Some countries are telling Haradinaj - don't do it yet (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says that "not everyone in the international community wants the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina to continue." And not everybody wants to find a solution for Kosovo and Metohija, he remarked on Friday in Belgrade.

Dacic also pointed out that some countries are playing "a double game." The minister responded in this way when asked "how it was possible that neither the US nor the EU and other major players are able to force Pristina to withdraw its taxes on Serbian goods."