The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a protest note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados.
The note states that Belgrade received the news of the decision of Barbados to recognize Kosovo "with astonishment."
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says it is "absolutely counterproductive that some foreign ministers are sending arrogant messages to Belgrade."
Dacic, who is taking part in an informal meeting of EU and candidate countries' foreign ministers in Sofia, Bulgaria, noted on Friday that when it comes to bilateral disputes, EU's stance is "not to import instability, and to find solutions before accession."
The Serbian official, however, observed that this is a rule has not been respected so far.
Although they had the need to become independent, Albanians in Kosovo by declaring their independence did not get what they expected, says the member of the AAK presidency Riza Smaka. Rada Trajkovic believes that the Albanians have not even identified the identity and that they still do not know whether they are for Greater Albania or for independent Kosovo. This, she says, the best is seen through the respect of their own flag. Rada Trajkovic and Riza Smaka were guests in the "Dogovor" TV Show of the Radio Television KiM.
Belgrade based news agency Beta reports that Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabic reacted today and told Serbian media that that Germany's foreign minister did not bring with him a proposal "for resolving Belgrade-Pristina relations."
"Gabriel did not bring any document. We talked about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and normalization of relations. Serbia was the first to demonstrate responsibility through internal dialogue (on Kosovo)," she said.
Serbia's first deputy PM and foreign minister Ivica Dacic says German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel is the one who should accept reality - rather than Serbia, as Gabriel previously suggested, reports Serbian media.
Dacic spoke late on Thursday adding that the reality is that the current German government is on its way out.
Russia expects OSCE to step up its efforts "to counter the radical nationalism among Kosovo Albanians," the ambassador added.
Kosovo Albanians are trying to impose an economic blockade of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo, Russia’s OSCE envoy, Alexander Lukashevich, said on Thursday.
A political storm in Vienna caused by the Austrian vice-chancellor's statement that Kosovo is a part of Serbia is not dying down, Tanjug is reporting.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday's session of his cabinet, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Austria was "a friend that supports the Western Balkans and is trying to contribute to the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations."
National Party President Vuk Jeremic says that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Zagreb is "kind of a general rehearsal" for Vucic's state visit to Pristina, which he plans after signing a legally binding agreement and after Kosovo becomes a member of the UN "with the blessing of the current government in Serbia", reports NMagazin today.
European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic today did not want to comment the statement by Austrian Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strahe regarding the status of Kosovo, stressing that the issue of recognition concerns only the member states, reports TV Most.
A protest will be organized in Prague on February 17 because of the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's independence, and on that occasion a petition will be initiated for the Czech withdrawal of recognition of Kosovo, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
The document, which should be found before the Czech parliament and the government, was first signed by Jan Kavan, former head of diplomacy, deputy prime minister, and chairman of the UN General Assembly.