The EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee’s 10^th meeting in Strasbourg called for more rule of law, and media freedom in the country, the European Parliament said in a statement issued on Thursday, TV N1 reports. The statement says as follows: “Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and Members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia met in Strasbourg on 27 March 2019 for the 10^th meeting of the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Eduard Kukan (EPP, SK) and Mr.

Serbia and Georgia share mutual values and adhere to the principle of respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of internationally recognized states, President Aleksandar Vucic said during the meeting with Georgian Assembly Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze. Vucic also thanked Georgia for non-recognition of unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.

The director of the Serbian Cultural Center in Paris says the disputed exhibition marking 20 years since NATO started bombing Serbia "has not been removed". Radoslav Pavlovic added that the exhibition has not been removed, but that some parts have been "rolled up." "The exhibition is here, it's interesting, but it's aggressive in a certain sense. The exhibition is set up so that the central part of the gallery is blocked.

President Aleksandar Vucic will on Thursday in Belgrade meet with Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. Vucic and Hahn will meet in Villa Mir in the Serbian capital at 19:30 hours CET, the president's press service has announced. Earlier in the day, Vucic will attend the presentation of Hahn as a new Youth Sports Games ambassador, the press release said.    

If there would be a unified stance of the international stakeholders, Pristina would by now revoke 100 percent tariffs it imposed on goods from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Foreign Policy Director, Dragan Djukanovic told RTS. He also thinks there is a higher probability that due to the Kosovo issue extraordinary parliamentary elections in Serbia would take place in May next year, rather than in June this year. “It is expected that the dialogue process would intensify in the next month or two, and it would certainly impact on calling for the elections.

Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has continued his tour of Latin America.

During two-day visit to Washington, one of the founders of opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) Dragan Djilan and SzS Secretary Ljuban Panic held number of meetings with US officials and informed them about the situation in Serbia, Danas daily reports. As the Alliance for Serbia said in a press statement, they met with US National Security Council Director for Europe and Russia John Erratt, Director for European Affairs William Berkley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer and members of the Senate and Congress. During the meetings, Djilas poin

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said late on Tuesday he was surprised by US Ambassador Kyle Scott saying that "not only Pristina is to blame". Ambassador Scott said earlier the blame for the current relations between Belgrade and Pristina is also the absence of dialogue on both sides. "I am surprised by Scott's statement. Hang on, man. They say, don't shift the blame.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO intervention in 1999 was not directed against the people in Yugoslavia, but it had the aim to protect civilians in wider region, Tanjug news agency reported. “We must never forget the past, but we can move ahead, and this is something NATO and Serbia are doing today in a partnership moving towards constructive relations that are of mutual benefit,” SG Stoltenberg noted. He also added he knows very well that NATO is still disputable in parts of Serbian society.

KFOR Commander Major General Lorenzo D’Addario in an interview to Jedinstvo weekly said nothing indicates that the incidents could happen in Kosovo, adding KFOR is fully committed to implementing its mandate in line with UN SC Resolution 1244. General D’Addario noted the only concern is caused by rhetoric used by all sides, since it creates an environment in which one isolated incident may escalate.