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Paris summit called off due to Pristina's behaviour in Berlin, says Djuric (RTS, N1)

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Pristina said that Pristina representatives acted irresponsibly and arrogantly towards the host at a preparatory meeting for the Paris summit, in Berlin, which was one of the reasons why the summit was cancelled, reports Serbian media. Djuric added that someone in Pristina was very nervous and feared of Serbia.

Dacic: Dialogue on resuscitation (Blic, N1)

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said yesterday that the dialogue with Pristina was on resuscitation and that the continuation depends on the "reanimator", that was, those who should inhale a life into it, reported Belgrade based daily Blic.

At a news conference after meeting with Miroslav Lajcak, Dacic said that Pristina had the goal of obstructing dialogue and find a solution, as it assessed that it was not in their interest and the way, they drawn it.

Janjic: The resolution will block conditions for continuing dialogue (Kontakt plus radio)

Pristina's decision to pass a resolution on the alleged genocide of Serbia in Kosovo is multiply wrong - it will block the conditions for the continuation of the dialogue, will not solve the problem of citizens or the individuals from the Pristina authorities who will have to be responsible for the crimes, said Dusan Janjic, from the Forum for Ethnic Relations.

Rama for TV Pink: Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe!

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama points in an exclusive interview to Belgrade based TV Pink that he strongly advocates a new era in Albanian-Serbian relations and believes that Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe.

Dacic: Pressure to be fiercer than ever in next two months (Srpski Telegraf, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic has warned that in the two months after the summit in Berlin, pressure on Serbia will be fiercer than ever before.

"The Berlin summit did not bring a solution, but a step has been made, given that Germany and France insist on the unblocking of the dialogue and the resumption of talks between Belgrade and Pristina," Dacic said in op-ed published by Srpski Telegraf.

Djuric: Berlin summit revealed "intentions of leaders and states" (Tanjug, B92)

Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric on Thursday "thanked the organizers of the summit in Berlin on behalf of the ruling party (SNS) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic."

Speaking in a news conference in Belgrade Djuric said that Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel prepared the summit "in a very serious way and gave the opportunity to Vucic to present Serbia's position."

Dacic: They can make any threats they like, we have our interests (Prva TV, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday there can be no agreement with Pristina without Belgrade's consent. And Serbia will protect the interests of the people and the state, he told Prva TV a day after the meeting on Kosovo in Berlin, called by Germany and France.

"They can threaten us with anything, they can threaten us with whether or not we will join the EU, (but) there is the national, state interest. Just as our European path is important, it is important for us to protect the interests of the people and the state," Dacic underlined.

"Tirana dictates, Thaci and Haradinaj want ‘Greater Albania’" (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)

"Kosovo Albanian leaders Haradinaj and Thaci are under strong western influence, but Tirana is dictating the events with the goal of creating ‘Greater Albania’." Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said this on Wednesday.

He told TV Pink everything that has been done so far, including the formation of KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army"), had been done to allow Albania to forcefully seize the southern province of Serbia, Kosovo, and embark on the realization of the ‘Greater Albania’ project.

Bosnia should stay out of Kosovo issue, Serbian FM Dacic said (Tanjug, B92)

"Denis Zvizdic's saying that a change of borders means opening Pandora's box is meaningless and ridiculous," Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Instead, Dacic continued, recognitions of Kosovo opened Pandora's box - and now "no one is asking Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) how this issue will be resolved."

"We don't care what they think, who's asking them how the issue of Belgrade and Pristina will be resolved - who are they to give any opinion about it?," Dacic told reporters after laying a wreath on Slavija Square in Belgrade, to mark May 1, Labor Day in Serbia.

Vulin: If EU doesn't want Serbia - there are those who do (TV Pink, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said if the EU does not want Serbia in its ranks, "there are those who do." There are other alliances and other nations who want to cooperate as equals, Vulin added.

"We are not condemned to Europe. The EU is Serbia's strategic orientation, but not at the price of begging," Vulin told TV Pink on Thursday.