BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said on Monday in a meeting with Head of EULEX Mission in Kosovo-Metohija Bernd Borchardt that the presence of that and other international actors in Kosovo, such as UNMIK and KFOR, is a guarantor of Serbs' survival in Kosovo-Metohija.

Dacic told Borchardt that Serbia expects EULEX to continue conducting its activities in the same scope of jurisdiction in the next two years, reads a release issued by the ministry of foreign affairs.

During the talks, the officials considered Serbia's cooperation with EULEX so far, and possibilities for its further improvement, having in mind that one of the Mission's main tasks is to secure the rule of law in Kosovo.

The officials commended the Council of the European Union's decision to extend EULEX's mandate until June 2016, taking into account that its legal basis and mandate stem from UN SC Resolution 1244, the release notes.