Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic will together visit St. Sava's Temple in Belgrade, Vecernje Novosti is reporting.

Ivica Dacic says that Serbia will in 2019 certainly intensively deal with the issue of Kosovo and Metohija, and "probably in a different format than until now."

"No one can say - we will solve Kosovo and Metohija next year, at least no serious politician in our country and abroad. As far as I'm concerned, I would like to have an agreement and a solution tomorrow, but that's not realistic, many more things need to fall into place," the foreign minister told the weekly Nedeljnik.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sent holiday greetings to First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.

In his message dated December 21, Lavrov said that Moscow is ready for further close cooperation "on the Kosovo issue."
The Foreign Ministry announced in a press release late on Tuesday that Dacic was presented with Lavrov's New Year and Christmas (to be celebrated in Serbia and Russia on January 7) message during a meeting in Belgrade with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told on Tuesday  the pro-government TV Pink that "the only and real truth" is that Pristina's Rosu units can enter the north of Kosovo only under two conditions.

And these are KFOR's permission, and the consent of the Serb community, Vucic said.

"That's the whole truth, the only truth. Whoever says otherwise, is the worst kind of liar," the president said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to make a visit to Serbia in January 2019, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, TASS reported.

"Preparations for the president's visit to Serbia are underway, the visit is planned for January," Peskov said.

The Russian agency noted in its report that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said earlier that he expected Putin in Belgrade on January 17.

Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic says no armed formations of Albanians can enter northern Kosovo without the consent of KFOR.

Dacic added, speaking on Monday, that this agreement that had been reached with NATO should be translated into a directive that everyone in the field should respect - "in order to avoid a situation that would trigger major problems in Kosovo and Metohija."

The Pristina-based Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) has called for Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli to be sacked.

CDHRF requested the dismissal because Pacolli used "sexist and racist" language when he spoke before Kosovo Assembly's foreign affairs committee to describe "the way Serbia lobbied against Kosovo's membership in Interpol."

US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Alexander Vucic, which Tanjug agency on Thursday said it had seen.

The letter, dated December 14, "stressed that the unique opportunity to reach a solution for Kosovo should be seized."

According to Tanjug, it reads as follows:

"Dear Mr. President,

Vucic and Thaci from New York, where they spoke at a session of the UN Security Council on Kosovo, will departure to Brussels, reports portal B92 this morning.

German Ambassador to Serbia Thomas Schieb expects the dialogue to get a new impetus.

"Both of them (on Tuesday) are going to Brussels, I hope that the process will get some kind of incentive again," Schieb told said at a meeting of the Association of Corporate Directors of Serbia.

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic says he would "fight for Serbia with all his heart" during the UN Security Council session on Kosovo, to be held on Monday.

During an unscheduled press conference in Belgrade on Sunday, Vucic announced he would travel to New York on an Air Serbia plane, and "hopes it won't be late" - and noted that he would present "what Serbia thinks" after UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) chief Zahir Tanin addresses the Council.