The Head of Serbian diplomacy, Ivica Dacic, told Serbian public broadcaster RTS on Friday that this week he will say the name of the 15th country that withdrew the recognition of Kosovo.

Dacic said for RTS that in this moment less than 100 countries acknowledge ''the independence of so-called Kosovo''.

Mayor of Presevo Shqiprim Arifi met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj in Pristina on the occasion of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, reports today news agency FoNet.

Hoxhaj yesterday informed the Presevo delegation led by Arifi about the meeting of the representatives of Kosovo with the High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy of the European Union Federica Mogherini and the expectations of Kosovo from the dialogue.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, on the statements given by Kosovo's representatives regarding the continuation of the dialogue, that he told the representatives of the European Union that, if those are Albanian attitudes then one should not waste the time on going to Brussels to continue the dialogue, reports Belgrade based daily Danas.

Deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Enver Hoxhaj, said today that the Pan coalition would not participate at the Assembly’s constitutive session, no matter the date set, however, they would only participate if the session was held based on their conditions, presented to the political parties yesterday, during the meeting of the heads of parliamentary groups. “Our position has not changed. We do not participate at the sessions called without prior consulting with the political parties, these actions are biased,” Hoxhaj said.

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, reiterated his opposition against the idea of a joint regional market proposed by Serbia. Hoxhaj said this is an anti-European idea aimed at stretching the Russian influence to the Balkans region. Hoxhaj also said Kosovo is against the prospect of a “New Yugoslavia” which, he said, proved unsuccessful in the past and even led to bloodshed. “The only valid option is Euro-Atlantic orientation,” Hoxhaj wrote on his Twitter account.

The government of Kosovo has decided to grant permission to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to visit Kosovo but on condition that this last for no more than three hours, said Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj today after meeting Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. Hoxhaj said the decision to allow Vucic’s visit was difficult considering the recent provocations from Belgrade but added that it was taken as a token of good will towards international allies like Germany and the EU.

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj said in an interview to Croatian news agency Hina that Serbia’s goal is not to join the European Union but rather to dominate south-east Europe through tensions with neighbouring countries. “Serbia wants to create a sphere of influence in the region in the Russian style by demonstrating its role and power in Bosnia and Herzegovina through Republika Srpska, in Kosovo through the Serb population in the north, in Montengro as well as Macedonia, even in Croatia by inciting continuous tensions,” Hoxhaj said.

The Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, said in an interview for the Serbian news portal, N1, that Pristina has good official relations with Sarajevo and that he is a good friend with his Bosnian counterpart. “I think that the matter of non-recognition of Kosovo by Bosnia and Herzegovina is less related to Sarajevo and more to Belgrade. I would like to see an independent foreign policy in Bosnia. And the manner that Kosovo is treated is a good parameter to see how independent Bosnia’s foreign policy is,” Hoxhaj said.

Kosovo's Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj said in Zagreb that the Kosovo government is committed to setting up a community of municipalities with Serbian majority (ZSO) but the mere fact that Serb political representatives did not come to the two meetings, shows that Belgrade has no political will for that to happen.