Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic reached New York on Monday afternoon to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Immediately upon arrival, Vucic will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said the United Nations institution is closely monitoring the situation regarding the UN mission in Kosovo.
"Our experts are helping to manage the World Heritage Sites that are listed on the Hazard List," Azoulay told Belgrade based daily Politika.
The ''Koto'' company from Serbia, selected by UNESCO to restore the medieval Serbian fortress in Novo Brdo, has found cultural treasures inside the building.
According to Belgrade based daily Blic, the company "Koto" found a church with the remains of frescoes, a steam bath, the remains of a palace, two buildings, streets, a square, tanks with absorbent wells, while exploring the interior of the 400-square-meter fortress with the consent of the designer, supervisor and project implementer.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Audrey Azula, and discussed opportunities for more meaningful co-operation and the protection of Serbia's heritage in Kosovo, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
The Head of Serbian diplomacy, Ivica Dacic, told Serbian public broadcaster RTS on Friday that this week he will say the name of the 15th country that withdrew the recognition of Kosovo.
Dacic said for RTS that in this moment less than 100 countries acknowledge ''the independence of so-called Kosovo''.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic assessed his visit to Peru as of historic importance, since it is in the interest of Serbia to renew relations with this country, RTS reports. He added, strategic relations between the two countries and Serbia’s presence in this region are the most important topics to discuss.
Even though the paving of a road in the Decani gorge –which leads to the mountains of this municipality and the border with Montenegro and partly passes through a special protected zone – was stopped in May last year, the Decani municipal authorities continued with the road construction.
Vladan Vukosavljevic, Serbia's Minister of Culture and Information, warned UNESCO on Wednesday about the state of Serbia’s cultural heritage in Kosovo, following "the forgery of the historical facts about the Serb Orthodox St. Nikola's church in Novo Brdo," the FoNet news agency reported.
In a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, Vukosavljevic listed "a permanent" attacks on Serb monuments and the forgery of history, especially since the declaration of Kosovo's independence in 2008.
Valdrin Lluka, Kosovo’s Minister of Economic Development, told N1 on Thursday he expected a final solution in Belgrade - Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations to be reached this year and accused Serbia of not implementing deals agreed in Brussels.
Speaking at the sidelines of the “Challenges and perspectives of normalisation between Belgrade and Pristina” conference in Belgrade, Lluka said that Serbia’s refusal to implement the energy deal from 2013 caused 25 million Euros loss per year for Kosovo.
Preserving and protecting territorial integrity, EU integration, and better cooperation with countries around the world are Serbia's main foreign policy goals. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Wednesday in Belgrade, and pointed out that Serbia has strengthened its position on the international scene.