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Dacic responds to Slovenian FM Cerar and his remarks about Serbia (Novosti)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic commenting on yesterday’s statements of his Slovenian counterpart Cerar on protests in Serbia, Putin’s visit and EU path, said that Cerar speaks about political crisis in Belgrade and they barely managed to form a government, Vecernje Novosti reported. “It came as a surprise to me that Miro Cerar did not raise the question about Slovenia’s EU future when in 2016 in Vrsic he stood steady next to Vladimir Putin, or when his counrty, not so long ago, pushed hard to host the Russian President Putin offering their readiness to host a historic meeting wi

Dacic on withdrawal of recognitions of Kosovo (Blic,Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Blic that "Sherlock Holmes himself would not be able to determine exactly how many countries recognize Kosovo." "With a number of countries, no decisions have been passed," Dacic said, and recounted his conversation with a minister from Oman, with whom he "almost quarreled" because Dacic claimed that Oman had recognized Kosovo - while the minister said this never happened. Meanwhile, Pristina's list of countries that have recognized Kosovo includes Nigeria and Uganda - which is not true, Dacic said.

5 more countries expected to soon revoke Kosovo recognition (B92, Prva TV)

Five countries are expected to withdraw Kosovo recognition in the coming period, Serbian press report. The first of these countries is Palau, whose president is visiting Serbia. It is expected that at this time it will be officially confirmed that Palau is withdrawing its recognition of Kosovo. Ivica Dacic said on Friday that another country is likely to withdraw make this move on Monday.

One more country to revoke recognition of Kosovo? (BETA, B92, TV Happy)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic told TV Happy that on Monday, 21 January, one more country could revoke recognition of Kosovo. Noting, that Belgrade managed to bring back Kosovo “as the main topic on the agenda,” Dacic added that Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov, during yesterday’s visit to Belgrade told him “it is a historic achievement for Belgrade to convince 12 countries to revoke recognitions of Kosovo.” “It is known to everybody they asked us to suspend our activities for six months, and they would suspend taxes they introduced for our goods.

Serbian FM welcomes Russian counterpart (B92)

First Deputy PM Minister and FM Ivica Dacic welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade late on Wednesday. Dacic welcomed his colleague and friend Lavrov and expressed great satisfaction to meet him again, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a press release, cited by the government. Dacic "once again stressed that the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is an event of great importance in the long history of friendly r

Dacic: It is 100 percent true, US threatened Pristina (RTS, BETA, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minster Ivica Dacic told RTS that based on the information he has, it is 100 percent true that the US has threatened Kosovo to impose some sort of sanction if taxes are not revoked. Dacic added that in diplomatic circles and talks with people from the State Department one can hear that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj “if things remain as they were” would not visit US any time soon, respectively his visa will not be granted. “It is not the first time that the US treats him this way. It happened to him several times before in his career.

Dacic "wishes we never had common state with Montenegro" (Tanjug, B92, Dan)

It's ridiculous that Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic says Serbia's relations with "neighbors Zagreb, Pristina, and Podgorica" have been strained. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic stated this, adding that it was also ridiculous to say that Montenegro was "not making anti-Serb decisions, but those in its own interest." "I suppose Djukanovic means Montenegrin interests, which is nice - because Serbia is also making decisions in its own interest," Dacic told Podgorica-based daily Dan.