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Council for National Security meeting in Belgrade (B92)

A meeting of the Council for National Security started on Monday around 13:00 CET in the Presidency of Serbia in Belgrade.

The meeting is dedicated to announcements coming from Pristina about the formation of an army in Kosovo, and to the Kosovo Assembly's request to suspend the dialogue with Belgrade until Ramush Haradinaj has been freed in France.

Lawmakers care about what happens in Kosovo, Sri Lanka and Georgia. Here's why (Washington Examiner)

Russian and Chinese ambitions to be great powers tested the Obama administration and will pose a continuing challenge to President Trump's ability to maintain the global network of U.S. alliances. But a group of House lawmakers isn't leaving that task to the president.

The House Democracy Partnership, a bipartisan commission of lawmakers started in 2005, is augmenting traditional executive branch diplomacy by building relationships with members of foreign legislatures in emerging democracies.

French court handling Haradinaj case has "more questions" (B92)

The Justice Ministry has received additional questions from an appeals court in France which is deciding on a Serbian extradition request for Ramush Haradinaj.

The court in the town of Colmar is seeking clarification of legal provisions relating to the crimes Serbia is charging Haradinaj with.

The court has asked to receive a reply by the end of March at the latest, considering that a new hearing has been scheduled for April 6.

"Serbia to get Russian MiGs on NATO aggression anniversary" (B92, Večernje Novosti)

Russian President Vladimir Putin should sign a degree on the delivery of six MiG-29s to Serbia during his meeting in Moscow with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic.

Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti is reporting this, and adding that there is a great chance that the warplanes will officially join the Serbian Armed Forces "symbolically" on March 24 - the 18th anniversary of the start of NATO's aggression against Serbia.

"Talks needed with outcome not rigged in Pristina's favor" (B92)

"Washington’s policy in the Balkans never made much sense," as the US "wanted to keep some nations together and dismantle others."

This is what international politics contributor for the Forbes, Doug Bandow, wrote for the media outlet's website, under the headline: "Bungled Intervention In Kosovo Risks Unraveling: A New Deal Needed For Peace".

The meeting on normalization of air traffic over Kosovo (KIM radio)

Defence Minister Zoran Đorđević led the meeting of the Working Group on the normalization of air traffic over Kosovo, announced the Ministry of Defence.

The meeting also discussed the need to specify the details of the proposal platform for negotiations which should be presented to the Government of Serbia, and on current issues within the competence of the working group will discussed in Serbia and Brussels.

MFA distributes to UN documentary of the Humanitarian Law Center (Koha)

Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, distributed through its Consulate in New York the documentary published by the Humanitarian Law Center, to the UN permanent missions and observes.

According to the Ministry, the documentary offers “convincing” evidence on the level of impunity of Serbia’s war crimes committed against Kosovo Albanian civilians.

Serbia submitted additional documents to the court in Colmar (KIM radio)

The Serbian Justice Ministry forwarded the Court of Appeal in France two days ago additional documents regarding the request for extradition of Ramush Haradinaj, Tanjug learned from the Ministry of Justice.

Documentation of over 100 pages forwarded to the French court at the initiative of the Ministry of Justice.

Vučić also plans a rally in Kosovo (Danas)

The coalition around SNS will hold a total of 26 rallies in 30 days of the presidential campaign, and one of these meetings is planned to be organized and in Kosovo, unofficially learns daily Danas from sources close to the election headquarters of Aleksandar Vučić.

As a possible date is mentioned 21 March, but point out that the venue of the rally is unknown yet.