Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic who participated in the inauguration ceremony of the new President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen in Panama said his visit to this country, first after many years, was very important given that he spoke with officials there about important topics, including Kosovo issue, RTS reports.

Dacic also spoke with the Vice-President of Panama, the former and the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.

“I would remind that Panama is a center of lobbing by Pristina and they have an embassy there. From there they cover Latin American countries that recognized Kosovo. In this sense, my visit here was very important, I spoke with important people from different countries,” Dacic said.

He added that he has met with the USA Minister of Finance, Steven Mnuchin, Spanish King Philip VI and Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell.

Including the meetings at the General Assembly session of the Organization of American States held prior to the visit to Panama, Dacic had around 30 bilateral meetings.

He also announced a one-day visit to Peru. “Peru recognized Kosovo, but it has a status of a frozen recognition, respectively since 2015 they do not vote for the admission of Kosovo into international organizations,” Dacic said, adding “that is why it is important to strengthen our bilateral relations.”