The situation around Kosovo has changed a lot, we can soon expect that the number of states that have recognized Kosovo will fall below half of the number of UN members, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports that Dacic said that President Aleksandar Vucic and himself spoke with representatives of 92 countries at the UN General Assembly.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is very significant - both for relations between our two countries and the Kosovo issue, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic tells Belgrade based daily Danas, commenting on the meeting between Vucic and Pompeo, happening in New York today, at the margins of the United Nations Security Council session on the Middle East.
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic told the Serbian state broadcaster on Monday that the next week’s UN Security Council session on Kosovo would be less important than a meeting in Paris with the same issue on the agenda in July “if it happens,” the FoNet news agency reported.
Ivica Dacic spoke for Belgrade based Prva TV on Wednesday - without confirming that he is one of those who know what the Serbian plan to solve the Kosovo problem is.
The foreign minister and first deputy PM also pointed out that he "could say in detail what that plan may look like."
As the presiding country of the UN Security Council, Equatorial Guinea has placed Kosovo on the session agenda which is due to be held on February 7, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said.
"Equatorial Guinea is standing fast heroically. They’ve placed Kosovo on the agenda, even though the US and UK fiercely opposed this move. In further talks, they will see if they will seek a vote," Dacic said.
RTS reports that Serbia will seek today the holding of an urgent session of the UN Security Council due to the worst violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 by the Pristina's decision to form a Kosovo army, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said.
"This is the most direct threat to peace and stability in the region and the security of the Serbian people living in Kosovo and Metohija," Ivica Dacic told Tanjug.
The United Nations Security Council will debate today the quarterly developments in Kosovo, from 16 July to 15 October of this year.
The report of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, which will serve as grounds of discussion of the members of Security Council, stresses among other things, praise for “the efforts of the Kosovo institutions to maintain a peaceful environment during the protracted period of political uncertainty that followed the 11 June legislative elections.”
The UN Security Council will hold today a session to discuss the security situation in Kosovo, from 16 April to 15 July.
The Egyptian permanent representative will be chairing the session. In his most recent report, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, assessed that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is facing difficulties, noting that expected, sufficient achievements are not met yet, including here creation of the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that if the United States disengages from many issues confronting the international community it will be replaced — and that won’t be good for America or for the world.
Guterres made clear to reporters at his first press conference here since taking the reins of the United Nations on Jan. 1 that proposed cuts in U.S. funding for the U.N. would be disastrous and create “an unsolvable problem to the management of the U.N.”