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Dacic meets with new head of UN Office in Belgrade (Tanjug)

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred on Monday with the newly-appointed head of the UN Office in Belgrade Simona-Mirela Miculescu.

During the first meeting, the cooperation with the UN Office in Belgrade so far has been qualified as positive and the officials expressed the belief that it would continue and develop even more intensely in the time to come, the Ministry released.

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FM: Terrorism makes Kosovo "special challenge" (Dailies)

Serbia is "ready to contribute to fight against terrorist threats and foreign terrorist fighters on the national, regional, European and global level." According to Ivica Dacic, Serbian foreign minister, his country is ready to make this contribution " in coordination with partners worldwide." Serbia is firmly committed to the response to contemporary security challenges, including fight against "terrorism and all modes of extremism and radicalism, which constitutes one of our priority goals," Dacic said during a meeting of the UN Security Council committee on fight against terrorism and pre

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Diplomatic fight of Serbia for votes in UNESCO (Politika)

Possible Kosovo membership in the UNESCO would not change the status of the Serbian cultural heritage which is located in that area, because legally it is ownership of the Serbian Orthodox Church. But Serbia would then have to initiate diplomatic struggle, in order to certify the precise formulation of the orthodox cultural heritage in that territory, referring to it as Serbian, said Darko Tanaskovic, Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO. The official Belgrade already started diplomatic fight trying to convince the member of UNESCO not to vote for Pristina’s request.

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Serbia Vows to Stop Kosovo Joining UNESCO (Balkan Insight)

Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saying that Kosovo’s request to become a member of UNESCO is unacceptable under international law, Serbian public broadcaster RTS reported on Sunday.

“Kosovo, as a territory under the UN’s administration, in line with the current and binding UN [Security Council] resolution 1244, cannot be considered a state subject to international law, and thereby it cannot qualify for admission into UNESCO,” RTS cited Dacic as saying in his letter.

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Dacic:Kosovo's bid to join UNESCO is distortion of agreement (Tanjug,Kurir)

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Sunday that Serbia will do everything in its power to keep Kosovo from becoming a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Dacic told the Belgrade-based daily Kurir that Kosovo's bid to join UNESCO is a distortion of the latest agreement reached by Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels.

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Pristina responsible for not reaching agreement (TV Most)

Serbian Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said to Radio Television of Serbia that it is not known, for the time being, when will the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina resume, however it is obvious that the break won’t be long as expected, since our negotiations over the membership depend on the dialogue. Dacic reminded that it is clear that Pristina is responsible for not reaching the agreement, since there was no will on its side to make a shift forward. When asked whether he expects pressure, Dacic said that if any pressure has to be made it shou

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Dacic: The Kosovo issue is still not solved, we continue the talks (Blic)

“We do not intend to assist Pristina to become an independent , because you made decision to secede,” said today the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačic, answering the question of the President of the Institute for Democracy and Development in Pristina, Leon MalaBliczogu, who asked him when the Peace Park will be removed.

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Dacic: Pristina abuses continuation of the dialogue (TV Most)

Deputy Prime Minister and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic called on countries to refrain from unilateral moves regarding Kosovo, as long as the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is on-going. Dacic told reporters that Pristina side is abusing continuation of the dialogue by sending letters to the other countries, with the explanation that Belgrade agreed to improve relations with Pristina and calling them to do the same.  "For us it is a question of principle.

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No special court, no reconciliation (RTS)

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic today stated that he is not expecting that creation of the special court for war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army will go without problems, and stressed that its establishment is very important for Serbia. “It is one of the central issues for us, no reconciliation will take place without shedding light on those who committed crimes,” said Dacic for Radio Television Serbia. Dacic reminded that Kosovo took over the obligation to create the court with the European Union’s assistance, even though the

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