Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reiterated on Thursday that "Serbia leads an independent policy, and citizens are the ones who decide."

Vucic added that in terms of Kosovo, "we need to have a realistic, rational and responsible approach, look to the future, and succeeding in making the most of what we can do."

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s President, congratulated the Independence Day to his US counterpart Donald Trump and invited him to visit Belgrade, Vucic office’s statement said on Wednesday.

Vucic wished the US further progress and welfare to all its citizens.

A Serbian opposition MP’s open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin drew fierce reactions from the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) which claimed that he made death threats against President Aleksandar Vucic.

In his letter, MP Slavisa Ristic drew parallels between Vucic and the late Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic who was assassinated in 2003 which SNS officials interpreted as a death threat.

Metropolitan Amfilohije Radovic, a Serbian Orthodox bishop, the current head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, said on Thursday that who called a referendum on Kosovo status “has no sound mind,” Kossev website reported.

"The leadership in Belgrade will bear terrible pressure in the upcoming weeks, which Belgrade itself may have partially induced," said journalist Milivoje Mihajlovic.

It is good that a move was made from a ''dead-point'' because the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels was brought into a "frozen state" due to Pristina's obstruction, Milovan Drecun, the chairman of the assembly committee for Kosovo and Metohija, told reporters in the Serbian parliament.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke today with President of Liberia George Weah, whom he thanked for their views on Kosovo, as well as on a balanced approach to solving problems in the Western Balkans region, reports Belgrade based daily Danas.

According to the statement, two interlocutors discussed the further enhancement of cooperation between Serbia and Liberia, expressing their commitment to strengthening political, economic, educational and other cooperation.

The Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci said after their meeting in Brussels that they will continue the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue but were not optimistic about finding a solution soon, reports regional broadcaster N1.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric point out to Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), on the withdrawal of the recognition of Kosovo's independence by Liberia, it is important that Serbia continues to fight for its positions.

"This is not the first country to withdraw the recognition of Kosovo's independence, it has been done by several countries in the series and there are more and more countries that recognize Serbia's position," says Marko Djuric.

President Aleksandar Vucic has not yet received an invitation to continue the dialogue, says the Cabinet of the President of the Republic to Belgrade based agency Tanjug.