First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met on Thursday in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The meeting took place on the eve of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council dedicated to Guterres' regular report on the work of UNMIK, the UN Mission in Kosovo, the Serbian Government said.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that despite of peace in Kosovo over the last three months, several incidents which were results of intercommunity tensions were recorded, Serbian public broadcaster RTS reports.
SG Guterres also welcomed the readiness of Belgrade and Pristina to normalize relations through dialogue. He also noted that during the last three months 53 persons returned to Kosovo, 29 of them are Serbs.
On the same day she announced she was stepping down as US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley sent a letter to the UN secretary-general.
In it, she is asking that the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, be withdrawn from Kosovo and Metohija.
The letter, addressed to Antonio Guterres and dated October 9, reads that Haley "supports (the UN chief's) peacekeeping reform agenda and is committed to working with him to bring greater efficiencies and improve performance across all UN peacekeeping missions."
Reconstruction of a road near Visoki Decani Monastery and lack of progress in Oliver Ivanovic murder investigation are reasons for concern in Kosovo, UN SG Antonio Guterres said, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reported. UN SG Guterres at the same time welcomed continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue under EU auspices.
Great Britain takes over the presidency of the Security Council tomorrow and intends to block UN to hold a regular session on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija this month, Belgrade based-daily Vecernje Novosti writes today.
If this happens, it would be the first time that discussion on Kosovo is not hold on a quarterly basis, the daily added.
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres appreciates cooperation of Serbia with the UN, a press statement reads following the meeting between UN SG Guterres and the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
The statement also said the two officials discussed several topics related to the Western Balkans.
Serbian President Office announced yesterday Vucic conferred with Guterres on the situation in the region and current state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic would meet tomorrow with the UN SG Antonio Guterres in New York, Blic daily unofficially learns.
“Vucic have met already with people from the UN and USA administration, from whom he requested support in resolving the Kosovo issue. The meeting with Guterres is planned for Wednesday,” source from diplomatic cycles told Blic daily.
According to Blic, Vucic’s visit to New York is a continuation of a diplomatic offensive that is already ongoing.
On the occasion of the UN Day, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, who is paying a visit to the peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, visited yesterday the Serbian military hospital in Bangui, Serbian media reported.
Commander of the Army of Serbia Contingent, Colonel Jadranko Jukic welcomed the UN SG Guterres.
The UNSG Gutteres, with his delegation visited patients in the military hospital and acknowledged the work of the Serbian medical team to care about the health of the UN Mission personnel in this country.
United Nations Secretary General (UN SG) António Guterres, said on Friday during the meeting with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, that he follows the progress of Serbia and commended the initiative to open an internal dialogue on Kosovo, Serbian media reported.