Marko Djuric told Belgrade based TV Prva that he would like the US ambassador to Pristina "to give a lecture" to the Kosovo's leaders - but does not believe that this will happen.

Already on Monday, the provincial government in Pristina discussed the proposal of the Pristina-Tirana agreement on the gradual abolition of border control. "This speaks to the goals of Pristina," said the director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

President Aleksandar Vucic has thanked President of Palau Thomas Remengesau for his country's decision to annul its recognition Kosovo. Vucic welcomed Remengesau outside the building of the General Secretariat of the president of the Republic in Belgrade on Monday.

Speaking about bilateral relations with Palau, Vucic noted that an agreement on friendship and cooperation, signed earlier in the day, was a foundation for development of cooperation in various areas.

The Republic of Palau has suspended all previous decisions and declarations on Kosovo, states a note the country's president delivered on Monday in Belgrade.

President Tommy Esang Remengesau handed the note to Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic.

With this, Palau has suspended, pending the outcome of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, its previous decision to recognize Kosovo.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told morning RTS News that he is not optimistic that a final solution for Kosovo will be reached, but that he is ready for difficult decisions. He says that it must be a compromise.

The Republic of Palau is the 13th country that has withdrawn the recognition of Kosovo's independence. The president of that republic is in Belgrade today and where will meet with Aleksandar Vucic.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked the EU’s Federica Mogherini on the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and she said any potential agreement between the two sides would have to be ratified by the UN Security Council, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said.

"This is evidence that Russia is monitoring the situation and that they won’t just be silent observers," Dacic said.

Five countries are expected to withdraw Kosovo recognition in the coming period, Serbian press report.

The first of these countries is Palau, whose president is visiting Serbia. It is expected that at this time it will be officially confirmed that Palau is withdrawing its recognition of Kosovo.

As the presiding country of the UN Security Council, Equatorial Guinea has placed Kosovo on the session agenda which is due to be held on February 7, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said.

"Equatorial Guinea is standing fast heroically. They’ve placed Kosovo on the agenda, even though the US and UK fiercely opposed this move. In further talks, they will see if they will seek a vote," Dacic said.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday expressed his gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his visit to Serbia the day before.

Vucic also thanked citizens of Serbia who turned out to greet Putin.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic told TV Happy that on Monday, 21 January, one more country could revoke recognition of Kosovo.

Noting, that Belgrade managed to bring back Kosovo “as the main topic on the agenda,” Dacic added that Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov, during yesterday’s visit to Belgrade told him “it is a historic achievement for Belgrade to convince 12 countries to revoke recognitions of Kosovo.”

Leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Milos Jovanovic said in a written statement that Vladimir Putin in Belgrade “unequivocally conveyed” Moscow “in no way supports idea that Serbia should accept secession, respectively division of Kosovo,” BETA news agency reported.