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New Russian Ambassador arrived in Belgrade (B92, Tanjug)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received on Friday credentials from the newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, B92 reports. Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko who is a Balkan expert, spoke to Vucic in the Serbian language and said that he was honored to be able to deliver letters of credit to the Serbian President.

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Lukashevich: Albania to have neutral stance on Kosovo (Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)

Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said Russia expects Albania, when it takes over the Chairmanship of OSCE to have a neutral stance on the process of resolving the Kosovo issue, Vecernje Novosti reported. He also told members of the OSCE Permanent Council that the situation in Kosovo remains a serious challenge to European security.

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"Kosovo - focal point of instability in the region" (Tanjug, B92, La Repubblica)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic stated for Italian daily "la Repubblica" that "Kosovo presents focal point of instability in the Balkan region," B92 reports. Dacic added that Belgrade "put up great efforts into the dialogue while Pristina constantly undermines it", pointing out that "Pristina's authorities do not want compromise". When asked how dangerous is the current situation pertaining to the decision of banning all Serbian officials from entering Kosovo, even in the places with Serbian minority, that afterwards Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj proclaimed as fake news, Dacic stat

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Macron comes to Serbia directly from Russia, taking over the role of mediator? (Blic, Tanjug, B92)

Despite his standpoint against EU expansion, French President Emmanuel Macron comes to Belgrade with a message that France supports Serbia's EU integration. This is according to Belgrade-based newspaper Blic that further said President Macron will pass on to the President of Serbia that France supports Serbia in resolving an open conflict with Kosovo Albanians.

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“Serbs are willing to sacrifice their lives for Kosovo, but nobody wants to live there” (RTS, B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told national broadcaster RTS that reaching agreement with Albanians would present a valuable heritage for the future. Still, he pointed out it is impossible to reach an agreement with Albanians as they say that "we have to recognize Kosovo within current border lines".

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Two "special members of diplomatic corps" arrived to Belgrade, another two on the way (B92, Politika)

United Kingdom and United States appointed experienced diplomats for their ambassadors to Serbia, presenting their countries in Moscow before Belgrade-based daily Politika reported. Former Deputy Head of Mission of Great Britain in Moscow Sian MacLeod will replace Dennis Keefe on the position of Head of Mission of Great Britain to Serbia. Another "deputy" from the leading western embassy in Moscow comes to Belgrade to hold the position of the US Ambassador, Politika daily claims. As US President Donald Trump confirmed, Kyle Scott will be succeeded by Anthony F.

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New Russian ambassador: The West is pressing Serbia and supports exclusively Albanians (Beta, Sputnik, N1)

The West's pressure on Serbia is obvious, and the US and its allies are encouraging Kosovo to maintain tensions in the region, said Russia's new ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Bocan-Harchenko.

According to the Sputnik portal, he pointed out that these pressures are felt during the pre-accession negotiations that the European Union leads with Serbia, while the Americans are doing it in an even stronger way.

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Russian Ambassador: Russia has not and will not trade with Kosovo issue (Beta, N1, Politika)

There never was nor will there ever be any trade with the Kosovo issue when Russia is concerned, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin said adding that the UN's Resolution 1244 remains the only basis for a political solution to the Kosovo issue.

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Shifts in Embassies of Russia and the United States in Belgrade (Blic)

Belgrade based daily Blic writes today about a Russian, an excellent connoisseur of the issues of Southeast Europe, and especially of Kosovo, and an American, who is appreciated as a connoisseur of Russian affairs.

These two are new ambassadors to Belgrade - Russian and American - who will soon begin their service in Serbia. Both arrive from Moscow.

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Long live Serbian-Russian friendship, President Vucic says (Beta, N1)

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's President, said on Wednesday that his country and Russia had strategic and partner relations of mutual respect and understanding, the Beta news agency reported. During a celebration of the Russian Day at Moscow's embassy in Belgrade, Vucic said that "every big day for Russia is equally big and important for Serbia." He read the congratulatory note he sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he said he was "sincerely happy for Russian achievements." "Strategic and partner relationship between Serbia and Russia was confirmed during your visit to Belgrade (i

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