Ivica Dacic on Friday denied the claims that Serbia failed to open any new EU accession negotiations chapters in October because of Russia.
The foreign minister added that new chapters will be opened "when there has been is progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue."
As many as one third of EU members are blocking the continuation of the procedures for the opening of Chapter 31 in Serbia's accession negotiations.
The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes this on Thursday.
Chapter 31 relates to foreign policy and security, and taking the leading role among those blocking it are Germany, Great Britain and the countries of the former Warsaw Pact - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, said the article.
Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, reported today to the Kosovo Assembly Commission for Foreign Affairs.
Tahiri assessed that establishment of the relations between Kosovo and Serbia is conditioned by recognition of Kosovo state by Serbia.
For a couple of days last month, uninformed tourists visiting Serbia could easily have believed that the country is a Russian outpost.
Serbia wants to continue on the path of European integration, President Tomislav Nikolic has said.
However, "it would not be good anyone to condition Serbia with the recognition of Kosovo," Beta reported him as noting on Monday in Belgrade.
According to a statement issued by the president's office, "that will never be accepted."
Preliminary observations by the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, at the end of her October 3-14 visit to Serbia and Kosovo*
(*) Throughout this document, the reference to Kosovo shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo
Edi Rama's remarks on Kosovo during his visit to Serbia have sparked a row over the level of involvement that Albania should have in Kosovo's affairs.
"I have acknowledged it," was Aleksandar Vucic's response when asked about the objections made in EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini's report.
The report in question concerns the priorities of EU's common foreign and security policy for 2016.
The EU has encouraged Serbia to intensify implementation of reforms in key areas such as the judiciary, the fight against corruption and organised crime, and freedom of expression and the media, and also expects Belgrade to further normalise its ties with Pristina and align its foreign policy with the EU.
Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Ljubisa Dikovic Monday urged KFOR to take all measures to maintain peace and security for the citizens of Kosovo-Metohija, pointing to a "fragile" security situation in the province after the decision of the Kosovo authorities on Trepca.