NATO and Serbia share the same strategic goals and we can work together as partners, US Ambassador in Serbia Kyle Scott said. He made this statement at the 6th Belgrade NATO Week - a two-day event organized by the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies NGO, with the support of NATO's public diplomacy department (PDD) and the US embassy in Belgrade.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said it is very important that the mandate of KFOR is implemented in line with UN SC Resolution 1244 and that its presence in Kosovo and Metohija remains unhindered, TV Most reports today.
Dacic underlined KFOR is an important guarantor of the Brussels agreement and it is important to be status neutral in carrying out its activities.
Serbian Army Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Milan Mojsilovic met in Belgrade with KFOR Commander, Major General Salvatore Couci, Tanjug news agency reported.
This is the first official meeting of the two generals, since General Mojsilovic assumed the duty in September this year.
The two military officials spoke about current security situation in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as about the realization of joint Army of Serbia and KFOR activities.
Montenegro, which has joined KFOR, should know that this mission was established on the basis of UN Resolution 1244. And this resolution does not mention "the state of Kosovo," Serbian Defense Minister Vulin said.
He thus responded to his Montenegrin counterpart Predrag Boskovic, who said that Kosovo was "a sovereign state."
Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta met with President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, on Monday, Beta agency reported.
Trenta said that the Kosovo Force (KFOR) would continue to play an important role in preserving peace and stability, and in protecting the Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija, under the command of an Italian general.
The Office of the Serbian President said in a press release that Vucic and Trenta agreed it was necessary to continue the talks between Belgrade and Pristina.
A key regional problem that jeopardizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia is a complex situation in Kosovo, says the new Chief of Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Milan Mojsilovic in an interview for Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.
Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin met on Monday in Belgrade with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee General Stuart Pеаch.
According to the Serbian government, Vulin said that Serbia is firmly committed to maintaining the position of military neutrality and that the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program is the optimal form of cooperation with that organization.
President Aleksandar Vucic says he has agreed with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg that in the event of a crisis in Kosovo, they can quickly make contact.
He said that this procedure has been established in order to prevent conflicts and more serious consequences.
Vucic said that he asked Stoltenberg not to reduce the KFOR mission in Kosovo, "as it is the only protection for the Serb people."
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in the morning RTS News that some expected that things in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina develop in the manner that Serbia recognize the unilateral act of Pristina and points that Serbia will not do it.
He repeats his expectations, and in this morning's RTS News, that by the end of the year some countries to withdraw recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.
Vice President of the Serbian List Igor Simic told RTK2 that the Serbian List condemns all attacks on the property of Serbs in Kosovo and seeks greater involvement of KFOR, while expressing disappointment with the police's response to theft and the finding of perpetrators.
Simic said in the RTK2 Show ''Poglavlje'' that these attacks directly affect the survival and return of displaced Serbs and that they must therefore be treated as a priority.