After meeting Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters it was good for his country to have Russia as a reliable friend and ally in all of the important issues for Belgrade, the Beta news agency reported on Thursday.

He described the meeting as "very, very good, honest and friendly."

"Russia will always stand by Serbia, and these are President Vladimir Putin’s words that Lavrov conveyed to us” regarding the Kosovo issue solution, Vucic said.

He added that meetings’ topics included the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and that he stressed the respect of the Dayton Agreement, which ended the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, was important for Serbia.