Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Tuesday received the new ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ri Pyong Du.

The diplomat delivered his accreditation letters to President Tomislav Nikolic, the Serbian government said.

Ri Pyong Du thus officially assumed the office of ambassador on non-residential basis accredited from Bucharest, a statement said.

Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and US Ambassador to Belgrade Kyle Scott agreed on Tuesday that bilateral relations were "on an upward trajectory."

This is resulting in greater interest among US companies in investing in Serbia, they said, and cited as an example Tuesday's signing of an agreement on the expansion of operations of US company NCR on the Serbian market, the government announced.

Despite the agreement between Pristina and Belgrade for free and unimpeded movement, for those who carry Kosovo documents through Serbia as well as Belgrade and Nis airports, “Air Serbia” still does not accept these documents, reports RFE.

This portal further brings concrete experiences of people possessing Kosovo passports, who were rejected to use this airline to travel to different destinations, with the justification that they should possess a valid passport such as that from Serbia or Albania.

By appropriating the property of the former Yugoslavia, Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Government of Kosovo becomes the owner of the buildings, in which are placed Serbian schools and health facilities.

As much as 58 pct of Kosovo's territory - including state, private and "socially" and church-owned real estate - is the property of Serbia.

It belongs to the state, its citizens and institutions, and the state has the original cadastre documentation to prove this, Tanjug is reporting, citing former head of the Kosovo and Metohija Cadastre Slavica Radomirovic.

Kosovo’s Ministry of Justice has issued a press release specifying that the decision of the government of Kosovo to register as its own the immovable property originally registered under former Yugoslavia and Serbia is based on the Constitution of Kosovo and declaration of Kosovo’s independence.  “As an independent country and based on international law rules, Republic of Kosovo has automatically inherited ownership over Yugoslavia and Serbia state property as stipulated in the decision of the Republic of Kosovo Government.

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said today at an open debate with representatives of Serbian media and civil society, at the Medeia Center based in Caglavica,, that the creation of a Kosovo army is legal and fully in line with the Constitution of Kosovo. He said he expects NATO to continue supporting the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) as it did since its establishment. “Transformation will be done by preserving partnership with our allies. We will have both the army and partners,” Thaci said.

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.

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at a panel for transformation of the Kosovo Security Force that works on this matter have been going on for 17 or 18 years now. He also added that Kosovo was very close to this transformation in 2014, adding that at that time, international community also supported the transformation. Thaci said that Serbia is impeding every initiative of Kosovo. “We cannot accept to coordinate and consult Serbia on Kosovo’s army,” he said.

The Council for National Security met on on Monday in the Presidency of Serbia in Belgrade.

Serbia is a stable country and there is no possibility of a significant threat to peace and security of the state, a statement issued by the Presidential Press Service said after the meeting.