My first reaction to the statements of Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Putin that Russia has the power in UN to prevent the joining of Kosovo is - nobody ever doubted it. It's a fact.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who on Monday started his fourth term in office.

As announced by the Kremlin, Vucic is in the Russian capital on a working visit to attend the 73rd anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

Belgrade offers to host a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Belgrade, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told Sputnik.

"Serbia offers to hold a publicly announced meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Belgrade," the minister said.

Dacic added that Belgrade is ready to "host a meeting that is important for the whole world."

Serbian Defense Minister, Aleksandar Vulin says that Moscow's readiness to engage in Belgrade's dialogue with Pristina - if the format changes - changes everything.

According to Vulin "this actually means the return of the United Nations to the negotiations".

Vulin also said that Serbia was "under great pressure from Albanians who are trying to impose the United States as participants in the dialogue".

Aleksandar Vucic says he has asked Serbia's ally, Russia, to join the Kosovo negotiations if the US also joins the table – and President Vladimir Putin has indicated his willingness to do so.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had asked Russia to join the negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, if the US attempts to join the dialogue, and President Vladimir Putin had agreed to do so.

The Kremlin did not want to comment on allegations on the possible role of Russia in negotiations on Kosovo, BETA news agency reported today.

“The topic of Kosovo was thoroughly processed during the Russian-Serbian talks,” Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, asked to comment on a possibility of expanding the format of the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, the Russian agency Tass reported.

If there are attempts to expand the format of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and involve the USA, Russian Federation is also ready to get involved in this dialogue, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Tanjug news agency.

“We have reached some sort of agreement, if there would be attempts and intentions to expand the format of participants and intermediaries in the talks between Serbs and Albanians, and if Americans would like to become a part of that format,” Vucic said during the meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Council, Valentina Matvijenko and added:

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday thanked his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic for their constructive talks that took place in Moscow.

Addressing a joint news conference, Putin said that the conversation went in a friendly atmosphere, and that the talks were substantial.

As he pointed out, the two countries are striving to develop their interstate cooperation, and in this context, he mentioned the marking of the 180th anniversary of the establishment of Russia-Serbia diplomatic relations.