State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs Biljana Popovic-Ivkovic met in Baku with Azerbaijan Deputy Minister of Interior Oruj Zalov and presented to him Serbia’s arguments against reconsideration of Kosovo request to join Interpol, Tanjug news agency reported.

Zalov noted that Azerbaijan supports territorial integrity of Serbia and would continue to offer support to Serbia in international organizations.

Egypt advocates for resolution of the Kosovo issue through the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said during the meeting with the Serbian National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic in Cairo, RTS reports.

Gojkovic thanked Egypt for supporting Serbia’s interests during the voting on international forums.

“We have received an absolute support for our efforts to find a lasting and compromise solution through the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and we can count on Egypt’s support,” Gojkovic said following the meeting.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday the delay of the meeting of Pristina and Belgrade officials in Paris is "someone's defeat," but least of which a Serbian defeat.

He also told TV Pink that there is not much grief in either Brussels or Washington that the meeting has been postponed.

Belgrade based daily Blic writes today about a Russian, an excellent connoisseur of the issues of Southeast Europe, and especially of Kosovo, and an American, who is appreciated as a connoisseur of Russian affairs.

These two are new ambassadors to Belgrade - Russian and American - who will soon begin their service in Serbia. Both arrive from Moscow.

European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday called the Kosovo government to immediately revoke the 100 percent tariffs imposed on goods from Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina, adding that Belgrade and Pristina have to implement all agreements reached in the EU-facilitated dialogue.

Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti reports that a comprehensive legally binding agreement between Belgrade and Pristina should cover all outstanding issues in line with international law and EU acquis and contribute to regional stability.

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's President, said on Wednesday that his country and Russia had strategic and partner relations of mutual respect and understanding, the Beta news agency reported.

During a celebration of the Russian Day at Moscow's embassy in Belgrade, Vucic said that "every big day for Russia is equally big and important for Serbia."

He read the congratulatory note he sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he said he was "sincerely happy for Russian achievements."

The Kosovo authorities marked the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Serbian security forces at an event in central Pristina which was attended by former US officials and NATO commanders, while Director of the office for KiM Marko Djuric, a Belgrade official described the event as "the dance of the vampires," the Beta news agency reported.

A study by the Ninamedia agency as a part of Atlantic Council of Serbia project “Euro-Atlantic Integration in Serbia’s media” showed that 89 percent of people in the country were against its membership to NATO, while the majority of them, 73 percent, did not even know there was no war in NATO member states, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday.

The US ambassador to Belgrade Kyle Scott told reporters he was not surprised with the results because the people in Serbia did not forget the 1999 NATO military intervention.

Statement by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić at the UN Security Council session on UNMIK's work:

Mr. President,
Distinguished Members of the Security Council,

I thank Secretary-General Guterres and Special Representative Tanin for the efforts they invest in implementing the mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244 (1999).