FM travels to France, then to Russia and Ukraine

FM travels to France, then to Russia and Ukraine

BELGRADE -- First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will begin his visit to France on Thursday, and then travel to the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

The visits to these countries, during which Minister Dacic will meet with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Laurent Fabius, of Russia, Sergei Lavrov and of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, will end on December 23.

The foreign ministers will be exchanging opinions on key issues relevant to Serbia's chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and issues in bilateral cooperation.

The trips are carried out in preparation for Serbia's OSCE chairmanship in 2015, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.