The largest of the states to emerge from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Orthodox Christian and Slavic Serbia has natural affinity with Moscow, but it is keen to join the European Union.

This month, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee told Belgrade it “cannot sit on two chairs at the same time”. His remarks sparked sharp criticism in the Serbian capital.

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Ivica Dacic said he expects extraordinary parliamentary elections to be called at the same time when Belgrade local elections would take place, Danas daily reported.

“I do expect (it). Knowing Vucic I expect (it),” Dacic told RTS.

Chief of the Serbian diplomacy, Ivica Dacic said that Kosovo and Catalonia are linked with the fact it is about unilateral secession without a dialogue with the state they are seceding from, Serbian media reported.

Dacic, who was a guest speaker on the RTS programme “Oko” said that Catalonia does not follow the example of Yugoslavia but that one of Kosovo.

There is absolutely no alternative to working together, First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has told the OSCE Mediterranean Conference, Tanjug agency reported.

The current refugee and migrant situation calls for unabated attention, efficiency and, above all, solidarity of all relevant actors, Dacic said as he addressed the gathering in Palermo, Italy.

Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic has revealed the content of his brief conversation on Monday with the US president, during a gathering at the UN HQ in New York City.

Just before the meeting started, Ivica Dacic approached Donald Trump and spoke to him, and also showed him some papers. Many then wondered what these papers were. A video showed that Trump was interested in what Dacic was showing him, but it remained unknown on Monday what it actually was.