Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to visit Beijing in April (BETA, TV N1, Tanjug, B92)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has received a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping.
US President says Skopje - Athens name deal should inspire other regional states (N1, Beta)
Donald Trump, the US President, told Zoran Zaev, North Macedonia's Prime Minister, that his deal with Greece on the country’s new name was the greatest achievement in the Balkans since the 1995 Dayton Agreement which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Beta news agency reported.
FM Dacic to US Ambassador Scott: Which side of history are you on? (Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)
Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has replied to US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott, who believes that, on the issue of the situation in Venezuela, Serbia is on the wrong side of history.
"The Americans are properly on the right side, supporting Kosovo. We were on their side in both world wars, and they chose the ones they fought against in both wars," Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.
Scott has previously said on his official Twitter account that Serbia is "on the wrong side of history" regarding the political crisis in Venezuela.
Izetbegovic: "If Serbia recognizes Kosovo, all radars will turn towards BiH" (Tanjug, B92, Klix.ba)
Bakir Izetbegovic, president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), told Voice of America that he believes that in case Serbia recognizes Kosovo's independence, all radars will turn to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Izetbegovic commented on the possible outcome of Belgrade-Pristina relations, but also the relationship between BiH and Kosovo, and sees the only link between Kosovo and BiH in that "the same side that has done the violence against Albanians on Kosovo, and in BiH against the Bosniaks ".
Vucic: EU to additionally influence Pristina (Tanjug, RTS)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met today with Head of European Delegation in Serbia, Sem Fabrizi and conveyed him expectation that the EU would invest additional efforts in order to influence Pristina to revoke unilateral actions that bring peace and stability in the region into jeopardy, RTS reports.
“There is a need for lasting agreement. We are ready to continue talks with Pristina, when tariffs are revoked,” President Vucic said.
Dacic met Deputy FM of Venezuela Gil (Serbian Government, B92)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic received on Tuesday Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Venezuela Yvan Gil.
Dacic told Gil that Serbia’s and Venezuela’s relations are characterized by a long friendship, reflected in mutual support on the international plan, expressing appreciation for the country's principled position (non-recognition) on Kosovo and Metohija, as well as voting against the so-called Kosovo in Interpol and UNESCO.
Dacic pointed out that Serbia is pursuing a principled policy based on respect for international law, non-interference in the int
Veton Surroi: Independence questionable, we are paying so Thaci does not go to prison (RTS, Tanjug, B92)
“Kosovo is a state that has brought its independence, territorial integrity and Constitution into question,” Pristina-based publicist Veton Surroi has said, according to the Serbian media.
Jeremic: Delineation is fig leaf for recognition of Kosovo (BETA)
Leader of Peoples’ Party and Chair of Alliance for Serbia (SZS) Vuk Jeremic assessed yesterday that delineation, which, according to the Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic represents an official Belgrade’s position in negotiations with Pristina, is “a fig leaf” for Kosovo recognition, BETA news agency reported.
Jeremic also underlined “how something that National Assembly is not informed about, let even decided about it, can become a state policy?”
In a written statement, Jeremic further said that proposal on delineation “violates the Constitution of Serbia and an oath Aleksandar V
Ljajic: Serbian goods arrive to Kosovo through alternative routes (Danas, RTS)
Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic says to Radio Television of Serbia that throughout Kosovo there are Serbian goods, which arrive there through alternative roads, reported Belgrade based daily Danas.
Ljajic recalled that Serbian officials promptly warned of the development of the black market immediately after the introduction of a tax.
Haradinaj on Dacic's proposal, and "secret dialogue" (BETA, B92)
Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj says that Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic's proposal is "unacceptable and unreasonable." Dacic spoke yesterday about delimitation "between Kosovo and Serbia on ethnic basis."
Haradinaj stressed that "such a thing has not been realized anywhere, ever."
"The position of Dacic is not new, he has once again affirmed that the official position of Serbia is ethnic partition, but that is what caused the tragedies in the Balkans before.