Director of the Government Office for Cooperation with the media Milivoje Mihajlovic hopes that the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Belgrade will be in favour of good neighbourly relations in the region and good relations between Serbia and Germany. "The interest of Germany for the regional cooperation is huge and it will be the main topic.

Belgrade officials expect relations with Serbia's ex-province to dominate talks with Angela Merkel, while Albania hopes the German Chancellor will bless the country's recent reforms. Relations with Kosovo are expected to dominate meetings between Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Serbian officials on her visit to Belgrade on July 8-9. Aleksandra Joksimovic, director of the Centre for Foreign Policy, told BIRN that the fact that Merkel is coming to Serbia during the height of the crisis with Greece is a sign that the EU remains committed to the EU future of the Western Balkan countrie

The British resolution on Srebrenica, "whatever it will be like," does not contribute to reconciliation at this point in time. This is what head of the Serbian government's media office Milivoje Mihajlovic told the state broadcaster RTS on Monday. Ahead of Tuesday's debate on the Srebrenica resolution at the UN Security Council, Mihajlovic said that "the international community, i.e.

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa will discuss Kosovo-Serbia relations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin before she visits Belgrade in July. Mustafa is due to meet Merkel in Berlin at the end of this month - the first official meeting at this level between the two. Sources within the Kosovo government have confirmed to Balkan Insight that Mustafa will be travelling to Berlin and that the two will discuss the ongoing Kosovo-Serbia dialogue in Brussels, as well as bilateral relations between Kosovo and Germany, shortly before Merkel is expected to travel to Belgrade in early July.

America, Germany and Britain, the core countries of the Euro-Atlantic partnership, these days with new energy are moving into a creation of a new Balkan order. For all the Western Balkan countries this implies convergence and, eventually, accession to the EU, with a developed rule of law and market economy.

There is no pressure on Serbia that Kosovo enters the United Nations, told Danas, Ivica Dacic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, believes that Kosovo’s membership of the United Nations would be a sustainable solution between Belgrade and Pristina. Serbian media have reported that during her visit to Belgrade, Merkel will ask Serbian government officials not to impede Kosovo’s UN membership. Berlin’s position is that if Serbia doesn’t obstruct Kosovo’s path toward UN membership, this would not mean that Serbia is recognizing Kosovo’s independence.

In view of the current mass exodus from Kosovo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a fair distribution of asylum seekers within the European Union. The situation of refugees in the EU is "very unsatisfactory," Merkel said in her weekly video podcast, which was released on Saturday. Europe must "offer the refugees reasonable conditions at their place of arrival," Merkel continued. She also stressed the need to "develop a sense of fairness among the member states of the European Union" about taking in and supporting such individuals.

At a recent meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs and the economy of the region, held in Belgrade, was not officially agreed that next meeting will be held in Pristina, was said from the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn.