French President Emanuel Macron set to visit Serbia on July 15 and 16, according to Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti, wants to show that Paris is “still an important player on the world's political and security scene”. Meanwhile, Blic daily adds that President Macron “brings five messages to the Serbian authorities - can Serbia join the European Union before 2028; does it have a plan to “pressure Pristina” to revoke 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina; how to improve the economic cooperation and how to boost the two countries' cooperation it the areas of securit

President Aleksandar Vucic spoke today with political representatives of Serbs and the most important Serbian institutions in Kosovo and Metohija, RTS reports. We have prepared strong measures of limited character as a response to Pristina’s behavior, however we would wait for the meeting in Paris, Vucic told RTS, after the meeting. “We have prepared the measures. We would take care they do not affect the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and that is why they are limited; however, they are very strong and sharp.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic does not expect significant progress in resolving the Kosovo issue at the Paris summit that will be held on July 1.

French President Emanuel Macron should visit Serbia in the next couple of weeks, while a precise date should be known soon, Serbian media report. This was stated by French Ambassador in Belgrade Frederic Mondoloni. “I work hard on agreements with Belgrade regarding the new date, and I hope to propose a concrete date soon.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had a phone conversation on Monday afternoon. The reason was Macron's wish to postpone his visit to Serbia due to the political crisis in France, Tanjug said it learned earlier in the day. Macron was scheduled to visit Serbia on December 5-6. Later on Monday, Vucic confirmed that the French president's visit had been postponed "because of the situation in France," without specifying a new date for it.    

The Élysée Palace has officially announced the visit of French President Emanuel Macron to Serbia on 5^th and 6^th December, Tanjug news agency reports. Some French media report on the planned visit as well, saying its main aim is to strengthen friendship between Paris and Belgrade. 20 Minutes daily writes relations between the two countries deteriorated on November 11, in the aftermath of the ceremony to mark the end of the WWI, and gaffes that the protocol has made.

Belgrade-based daily Blic writes today that French President Emanuel Macron is not giving up on his visit to Serbia and that he is coming to “help” with Kosovo. According to the daily, Macron would visit Belgrade on 5 and 6 December, while the protest and unrests on the streets of Paris related to the increase of fuel price, did not deter him to change his plan.

President Aleksandar Vucic has expressed his gratitude to the President of France Emmanuel Macron for the personal letter he sent to Serbia. Vucic assessed the letter as a good announcement and a good signal before Macron's visit to Serbia. In a statement to TV Pink, he said this was "not a circular letter" that would have gone to everyone who attended the (scandalous) ceremony in Paris (on Nov.

It is assumed that French President Emmanuel Macron could support the idea of ​​"border correction" which should resolve the Belgrade-Pristina dispute. This is reported on Monday by the French radio RFI, which states that the idea is to "encourage Belgrade to recognize the independence of Kosovo." "After years of relative passivity, the French diplomacy seems to actually want to once again involve itself in Balkan issues, especially in difficult negotiations on 'normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina'," reads an article published by Radio France International. Macron's sup