Foreign Ministry

Zhivko Rusev, a Bulgarian national sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran for drug trafficking, has been returned to Bulgaria.

Zhivko Stefanov Rusev, who had been serving a life imprisonment sentence in the Evin Prison in Teheran, was transferred from Iran to Bulgaria on the night of August 26, according to reports of Sega daily.

BELGRADE - Serbia will not close its diplomatic and consular offices in crisis areas for as long as there are conditions to provide consular protection for Serbian citizens, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Wednesday.

The Foreign Ministry released that Serbian diplomats did not abandon Syria, Iraq and Libya despite the risks they are facing.

Serbia will not close diplomatic missions in crisis zones

BELGRADE -- Serbia will not close its diplomatic and consular offices in crisis areas as long as there are conditions to provide consular protection for Serbian citizens.

The Foreign Ministry has warned its citizens to leave Yemen and avoid travelling to the country, as the security situation in the country begins to deteriorate.

A statement by the ministry on Aug. 27 asked Turkish citizens to take the necessary security measures and stay away from clashes and large crowds.

SALZBURG, BELGRADE – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Tuesday that Serbia would continue to be a significant factor of regional stability and a reliable partner in international relations.

A group of Turkish NGOs have applied to the Foreign Ministry asking permission to perform the Friday prayer at the Blue Mosque of Yerevan in the Armenian capital.

Foreign minister receives Russian and EU diplomats

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić on Thursday met separately with Russian ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin and the deputy head of the EU delegation in Serbia, Oskar Benedikt.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin agreed that the bilateral ties are strengthening in the interest and to the satisfaction of both countries, the Foreign Ministry released on Thursday.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has categorically denied a report that Ankara has agreed to hand over the tomb of Süleyman Shah, a speck of Turkish territory inside Syria, to jihadists in return for the release of 49 Turkish nationals who they have been keeping hostage since early June.

The name of the next prime minister of the Republic of Turkey will become clear after an Aug. 21 meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), chaired by President-elect and outgoing Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a senior Cabinet member said on Aug. 20.