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Dacic “advises” Kosovo not to apply for UNESCO (Koha)

Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, “advises” Kosovo not to apply for UNESCO membership. “The best thing would have been if Kosovo did not apply for membership at the UN Organization for Education, Science and Culture,” Dacic said to his Italian counterpart, Angelino Alfano, who is visiting Belgrade. Dacic also is quoted as saying that UNESCO should not be politicized. “There is a syndrome of minor differences and major conflicts in Balkans,” Dacic said. He also said to Alfano that Serbia has continuously been for dialogue.

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U.S. favors dialogue, lowering of tensions and direct communication (Klan Kosova)

The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Asia, Brian Hoyt Yee, said that the United States of America fully support dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, the lowering of tensions and direct communication between the two parties. Yee made these remarks after meeting Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic in Washington. The meeting focused on the EU-brokered dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade.

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Tahiri refutes Dačić: Armed forces can move in the north (RTK)

Edita Tahiri, Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, rejected the claims of Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica  Dačić  with regards to an agreement which halts Kosovo forces operate in the north of Kosovo. “The armed forces and security forces can move in the north without anyone’s permission,” said Tahiri, who had participated at signing of the agreement for normalisation of the relations with Serbia in April 2013.

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Serbia seeks protection of its embassies (Serbian media)

The Serbian Foreign Ministry asked some countries to reinforce security of Serbian diplomatic offices which, according to security information, are potential targets of Albanian terrorists. Diplomats in those embassies have received precise instructions from Belgrade about raising precautionary measures to the highest level.

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"West warned us about Albanian plans to attack our embassy" (Serbian media)

Information about Albanians' plan to attack a Serbian embassy over the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj came from a security service of a western country.

This is what Beta reported Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic as telling state broadcaster RTS, who also rejected claims of Serbia "making it up, or planning to do this itself in order to blame the Albanians."

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Dacic: Dialogue with Pristina biggest challenge for 2017 (Tanjug)

The dialogue with Pristina will definitely be the biggest challenge for Belgrade in 2017, FM Ivica Dacic said Thursday, noting the significance of maintaining the dialogue and implementing all agreements. This primarily applies to establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities, Dacic told Radio Belgrade 1 in an interview, adding that Serbia would never have signed the Brussels Agreement without the pledge regarding the establishment of the Community. "Preventing unilateral moves by Pristina and its attempts to join various international organisations such as UNESCO will be a challenge," h

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FM Dacic doesn't think Trump will "return Kosovo to Serbia" (B92)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says he is "on good terms with representatives of all countries - especially after (their) visits to Serbia." But, he added, his dearest guest in Belgrade is Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, "the first I call when Serbia has a problem." "It's never happened yet that when we phone (U.S. Secretary of State John) Kerry, we know we've solved the problem, whereas when we call Lavrov it doesn't mean we've solved the problem, but we know that Russia is on our side, and when it comes to the UN, a decision cannot be made to the detriment of Serbia.

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