Peace and co-existence have no alternative and all the issues standing on the way towards a better future between Serbs and Albanians should be resolved in dialogue, outgoing Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic said during the meeting with a head of the French Foreign Ministry Department for continental Europe, Florence Mangin, KIM Radio reports.
Serbia will not lodge a protest with France over the displaying of the flag of Kosovo at the Notre-Dame cathedral, said Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
Dacic explained the absence of any official reaction of Belgrade by the announced visit to Serbia by the French president.
"Bearing in mind the upcoming visit by Emmanuel Macron, the first visit of a French president to Serbia after 18 years, it is my opinion is that this should be left for discussion," Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Politika.
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes on Wednesday that the UK, USA, France and Sweden are trying to keep any story about Kosovo, including Pristina's steps towards the formation of an 'army', away from the UN Security Council.
According to the daily, these four countries try to prevent including of the discussion on Kosovo' situation into agenda of the next session of the Council, scheduled for 8th November.
A new term has been introduced, via the media, into the process of resolving the situation in Kosovo and Metohija - "drawing it out."
France, like Germany, is against the "delimitation" between Belgrade and Pristina, reports today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
Vecernje Novosti sources point out that the opposition was expressed to any change in borders or administrative lines in the region during a conference of ambassadors held last week, which was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. Paris's position is even tougher than Berlin's position, the daily reports.
It seems that over the last couple of months, the Kosovo agenda is getting a faster pace and since the Kosovo side enjoys support of different countries, including that of Washington, then the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is also looking for allies, a correspondent of several Francophonic media from Belgrade, Laurent Rouy told Danas daily.
Asked what kind of meaningful support Belgrade can get from France when it comes to the Kosovo solution, Rouy said it would foremost be the support related to the establishment of the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is to meet France’s Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, one day before the EU-led Serbia-Kosovo dialogue continues the following day.
The presidents of Kosovo and Serbia, Hashim Thaci and Aleksandar Vucic, will resume their EU-sponsored negotiations in Brussels after Vucic meets France's Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to talk about Kosovo and other issues.
Serbia and the Western Balkans have a clear European perspective and France will continue its support to the regional European path, Franch official has said on Tuesday.
Jean Bizet, a member of the Senat of France, also said that it was necessary for Belgrade and Pristina to continue the dialogue and, with the EU stronger support, to find a solution acceptable to both sides.
The climate has changed in Europe, the situation in the world has never been this complicated, not even before the First World War, says Aleksandar Vucic.
The Serbian president in this way commented on rigid Dutch and French stance regarding EU candidate countries opening new accession negotiation chapters in June, and Serbia's position and chances in that context.
Eduard Kukan, a Member of the European Parliament and in charge of its relations with Serbia, said today the French President’s statement that it was not a good time for the European Union’s enlargement was only one of the suggestions in talks about the bloc's future.
Kukan told Belgrade-based daily Vecernje novosti President Emmanuel Macron’s opinion that there should not be any European Union enlargement until the block reformed itself was not shared by everyone within the Union.