According to Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, during the upcoming visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Beijing next week, the business of the century will be concluded, adding that a financial package with more than ten contracts will be initialled.
President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that Belgrade will continue talks with Pristina, but that they are unlikely to succeed in reaching an agreement.
"It is important that even if we do not reach an agreement, which is likely, that someone will have to do it after us, because without long-term peace-building we will not be in a position to continue such successful economic results," Vucic said
Vucic added that "we have to take care of children and think about them, not about how to ingratiate in one day for those who like easy solutions."
Former US Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin believes a deal on border changes between Kosovo and Serbia will not ensure Kosovo’s UN membership.
In an interview with BIRN, commenting on Russia and Serbia’s role in Kosovo’s future in the United Nations, Rubin said that Russia has become stronger since the time he was involved in US diplomacy between 1997 and 2000.
Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Yvgeny Zinichev will visit Serbia next month, Sputnik said it has learned.
He is very close to the Russian president, so his visit could be some sort of precursor in case Putin decides to come to Belgrade himself this fall.
According to Sputnik, Zinichev will be met by Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, and will also visit the Serbian-Russian Humanitarian Center in Nis, where Russian experts train rescuers and firefighters from Serbia and the region.
Senator Johnson came to inspect the situation, see what possibilities and ideas are for reaching an agreement, and he returns to Washington with conclusions that will decisively affect the final US position on Kosovo, says to Radio Television Serbia (RTS), Stefan Surlic, the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade.
He told RTS that the United States sent a clear message during the visit that they are flexible, for two reasons.
Interview with Matthew Palmer, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the United States of America. The interview was taken during the Bled Strategic Forum 2018, which took place on 10-11 September in Bled, Slovenia, where Palmer was one of the speakers.
The European Union has been weakened by Brexit and may need to postpone plans for expansion into the Western Balkans, the President of Slovenia has warned.
Borut Pahor said the bloc could not hope to take on the likes of Serbia, Montenegro and Albania as new members in its current state.
Speaking in the presence of the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, Mr Pahor said: "A weak EU will not be able to expand to the Western Balkans.”
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said today that Serbia will inform all Interpol General Assembly members that Kosovo should not join the organization, Tanjug news agency reports.
Stefanovic also said he informed Interpol chief Meng Hongwei about this today, and that Serbia will deliver written arguments and facts to support its stance ahead of the organization's General Assembly.
I would say Germany drew the red line how far it would go in resolving the relations between Serbia and Kosovo, while the USA has not, US Senator and Chair of the Committee for Homeland Security, Ron Johnson said in an interview for Radio Free Europe (RFE).
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told Tanjug news agency, Russian stance on Kosovo and Metohija is not contradictory to what Serbia is doing.
“Their position is same as ours, and it is preservation of territorial integrity of Serbia and non-recognition of Pristina’s unilateral acts. That stance is not contradicting to what we are doing,” Dacic said commenting on the statement of the Russian Ambassador in Belgrade, Alexander Chepurin who said Kosovo should return into the legal and the state field of Serbia.