It could take the region 50 or 60 years to catch up with EU living standards, a report of the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has stated.

The report, whose excerpts are published by Blic in an article by Natasa Latkovic, was presented ahead of the recent Western Balkans summit in London, and the daily said its essence was that "the prospects of the six countries of the Western Balkans, when it comes to EU membership, are pretty glum.

The Berlin Process gathering in London that brought together Western Balkans leaders could not go without something "short-circuiting," says Ivica Dacic.

"It's been confirmed that wherever everyone from the region gathers, some short circuit occurs. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson didn't even come to the gathering, because he resigned. Should we go to some other countries, too?," the Serbian foreign minister asked jokingly.

In the past six months, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has worked to preserve the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, European integrations and improving cooperation with the countries of the region, said Minister Ivica Dacic and added that in August there will be a struggle to hold meetings on Kosovo in the same way as so far at the UN Security Council, reports national broadcaster of Serbia, RTS.

Chairperson of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told RTS, Serbia would do its utmost, supported by friendly countries, to prevent decrease or cancellation of UN SC sessions on Kosovo and to keep them open to public.

Drecun said the more realistic reports on Kosovo are, the greater the pressure from countries such as France and UK is to marginalize the UN when it comes to the Kosovo issue.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has told Sputnik that Serbia will ask all members of the UN Security Council to respect Resolution 1244.

He added that Serbia will also ask to keep sessions dedicated to Kosovo open.

According to the Russian website, Dacic said this following news of UK's intention to launch an initiative to either close UN Security Council sessions on Kosovo to the public or stop holding them altogether.

Great Britain was drafting a UN resolution on Srebrenica without even informing Serbia about it, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.

According to the daily Blic, Dacic "in this way explained his recent statement that big countries are not Serbia's friends and that there are no friendships in politics."

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met today the UK’s Minister of Armed Force, Mark Lancaster, and thanked him for his country's continuous support to Kosovo in its efforts to join international organisations and increase the number of recognitions. Thaci also spoke about the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) and its transformation into armed forces.  Minister Lancaster, who previously served in Kosovo as part of KFOR peacekeeping troops, said he was impressed with progress in Kosovo.

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic received today in Belgrade a delegation of the British House of Lords, Serbian media reported.

According to a statement issued by the Presidency, Vucic and his guests spoke about "regional issues and the European path of Serbia."

Vucic "thanked the representatives of the House of Lords for their interest in the problems that the Western Balkans is facing, and pointed out that there are still many important issues on the European agenda of Serbia."

Membership in the EU is the most important foreign policy goal of Serbia, Serbia's PM Brnabic has told a visiting British official.

However, she added during her meeting in Belgrade with Permanent Undersecretary at the Foreign Office Simon McDonald, "it is equally important how we will implement reforms on the path to membership."

Lawyer Jovanka Savić tries to invoke the responsibility of the British part of KFOR, for not providing security to citizens in the period when NATO entered Kosovo. She also questions the responsibility of UNMIK and EULEX for inertia in investigating crimes against civilians, RTS reports.