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Selakovic: Gratitude to Russia for naming things with the real name (RTS)

Secretary General of the Serbian President, Nikola Selakovic, thanked Moscow for the readiness to "call things with the real name", and on the Russian Foreign Ministry's condemnation of the passive behaviour of international forces in Kosovo.

Selakovic told the morning RTS News that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has accustomed public to regular meetings with the highest international officials, which before was not the case, adding that it is rare among other Western Balkan leaders.

Kocijancic: An asterix next to Kosovo in all EU documents (RTS, Tanjug)

EU Spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic says that the policy of Brussels has not changed and that the asterix, which denotes status neutrality is used in all official documents referring to Kosovo.

"Our policy on this matter has not changed," Kocijancic told Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug.

Mitchell: The US will consider the proposal to the issue of Kosovo, to be reached in the dialogue (RTS)

US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchell pointed out at a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic that the United States is open to consider with its EU counterparts the proposal for Kosovo' solution to which Belgrade and Pristina would come up in the dialogue.

Wess Mitchell expressed the US support to the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, with the expectation that the process will bring a lasting political solution, reports RTS, quoting the Serbian Foreign Ministry announcement.

Guterres: UNMIK remains; Kosovo is not a country for UN (RTS)

The United Nations will support Belgrade and Pristina's deal on Kosovo, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a talk to Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. He points out that UNMIK remains in Kosovo, and that for the UN "Kosovo is not a state", reports today Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) quoting the cabinet of the Serbian PM.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on the eve of her address to the General Assembly.

3 countries from Pristina's list "never recognized Kosovo" (B92, RTS, Tanjug)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in New York that representatives of Oman and Uganda said their countries had never recognized Kosovo.

Dacic told RTS that he talked with ministers from Oman and Uganda - countries that are on Pristina's list of those who have recognized Kosovo as independent - during the session of the General Assembly.

Dacic on representatives of Pristina and diplomacy in the corridors of the UN (RTS)

National broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports this morning that Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in New York that Pristina officials abused the Peace Mission in Kosovo by acquiring through it passes for UN.

Their "diplomacy" is taking place in the corridors, the Serbian minister points out, assessing the actions of Pristina's representatives as "disgrace".

Obrad Kesic: Trump has a different vision of foreign policy (RTS)

Political analyst Obrad Kesic told RTS that the change in the US's attitude towards Kosovo is tied to bigger issues from the Balkans and recalls that US President Donald Trump has announced in the campaign that he has a different vision of foreign policy.

However, Kesic points out that there is great resistance to his vision.

Kovacevic: For Kosovo needed more wisdom (RTS)

People's Party Vice President Sinisa Kovacevic signed a petition "One signature changes everything" and pointed out that the solution to the issue of Kosovo should be sought in an agreement of some future, wiser and more responsible Serbian and Albanian politicians, without international interference, reported Serbian national broadcaster RTS.

Kozarev at the OSCE conference on ethnically motivated attacks on Serbs (RTS)

In the statement of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, the Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dusan Kozarev, said at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw that Serbs in Kosovo have been exposed to ethnically-motivated attacks in the past year about 50 times. Kozarev estimates that this is largely due to the failure Pristina to fulfil its obligations in terms of establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

Hahn: Correction of the boundaries as a possible "final part of the puzzle" (RTS, MIA)

EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says that within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, "territorial exchange" or "border correction" is not excluded as "the final part of the puzzle", reports Radio television of Serbia, quoting the FYROM's news agency MIA.