BELGRADE - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama abused Serbian hospitality by the presumptuous provocation in Belgrade on Monday in the wish to humiliate Serbia, but he failed, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said.

The invitation voiced by Rama at the news conference following the talks with Serbian Prime Minsiter Aleksandar Vucic, when Rama said that Serbia should recognise Kosovo-Metohija's independence, is beyond doubt aimed at the Albanian public and its goal was to create a provocation and potentially cause trouble, Djuric said.

Serbia will not fall for such provocations, just like it did not fall for the provocation at the recently held football match between Serbia and Albania, because Serbia wants cooperation, peace and stability in the region, Djuric said.

Serbia will continue the path of cooperation and stability regardless of the provocations, he said.

Djuric added that he attended the plenary session of the delegations of Serbia and Albania on Monday and added that Kosovo-Metohija was never mentioned.

Not a single word was said by the Albanian prime minister concerning Kosovo, nor did he refer to it in the tete-a-tete talks with the Serbian prime minister, Djuric said.

He noted that the Serbian prime minister reacted with clarity and determination to the gross insults voiced by the Albanian prime minister and asked a simple question as to what the Kosovo-Metohija issue has to do with the improvement of Serbia-Albania relations, to which he received no answer.