President Aleksandar Vucic believes Vladimir Putin's visit to Serbia will be the most fruitful to date in terms of the number and content of agreement which he will sign.
Vucic also thanked the Russian Federation and its president for the support they give to the territorial integrity of Serbia and its efforts to find a compromise solution for Kosovo and Metohija.
Serbia has not been humiliated, but it is insulted by the seating arrangement during a ceremony in Paris to mark 100 years since the end of WW1, Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Wednesday, referring to the scandal that occurred on Sunday.
Vulin told TV Pink that "neither Serbia nor President Aleksandar Vucic had been humiliated, but they have been insulted."
The protocol of the French President placed President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic outside the official stand during the celebration of the end of WW1 in Paris.
British journalist Tim Judah thinks that Russia would have major benefits if the result of the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations would be recognition of Kosovo and exchange of territories, BETA news agency reports today.
“Russia could use such precedent in an attempt to achieve similar agreements for secessionist territories which are under its control in Moldova (Pridnestrovie) and Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia),” Judah said.
"We are not thrilled with every photo - but everyone has their own policies and positions, just as Serbia does." This is what President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday regarding the photos Kosovo President Hashim Thaci posted the day before of himself with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, B92 reports.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that the dialogue in Brussels will continue when Pristina withdraws its unlawful decisions.
Vucic - who was in Brussels on Thursday for his EU-mediated meeting with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci - that "no Serbian representative will appear in Brussels (again) until that happens."
Meeting of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic with the world leader on the margins of Armistice Day celebration in Paris could be a step ahead in untying “the Kosovo know,” Belgrade-based daily Blic writes today.
Vucic’s meeting with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel would take place, as per her requests, on Sunday morning, before the official ceremony. According to the daily, the two officials would discuss the situation in the region, economy and the special focus would be made on Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Helsinki he is hurt with “bad meddling” of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in the politics, BETA news agency reported.
Commenting on the Holly Assembly of Bishops statement that at no price full sovereignty and integrity of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija should be brought into question, Vucic said that people and territory keep sovereignty and asked what Serbia has from that in Kosovo.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday the European Union should secure the implementation of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) making Pristina revoke its decision to increase import taxes for goods from Serbia and Bosnia, Beta news agency reports.
Speaking to reporters in Helsinki at the sidelines of the European Peoples’ Parties (EPP) Congress he said the forthcoming meeting with his Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci in Brussels would be awkward, since Belgrade expected the EU to stop Pristina's violation of the CEFTA provisions.
Aleksandar Vucic said in Helsinki that he received from the cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel a request for a bilateral meeting in Paris on Sunday.
"We received from the Office of the Chancellor that Merkel wants a bilateral meeting with me on Sunday morning. That speaks about the importance and the place of Serbia. People need to be proud and satisfied," the president said in a statement to the press.
He said he always wants to see Merkel and added that he believes that Europe will lose much when she leaves.