Kfor mission

RIGA - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in Riga on Wednesday, and informed her of the difficult position of the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija as well as of the challenges facing Serbia regarding that issue.

Djuric, who is on a one-day working visit to Latvia, noted that Serbia was very committed to finding rational and compromise solutions.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Italian Chief of Defence Staff Adm Giuseppe Cavo Dragone in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that Serbia remained fully committed to promoting peace and dialogue and preservation of stability in the region.

BELGRADE - Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas said on Friday the situation in Kosovo-Metohija was calm overall but remained "fragile following a rise of tensions in the past months."

PRISTINA - Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas met with the ambassadors of the Quint states to Pristina on Thursday.

PRISTINA - Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas spoke with Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic on Monday and said Kfor would continue to work to ensure a safe and secure environment for all people living in Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who has recently visited the Western Balkans, said on Monday NATO would "do what is necessary to maintain stability" in the region.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with the UK's special Western Balkans envoy Stuart Peach in Belgrade on Friday.

Dacic and Peach exchanged views on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and the state of affairs in the region.

Peach said his country provided full support to the Kfor mission in line with UNSCR 1244.

BELGRADE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday in Belgrade establishment of a community of Serb-majority municipalities was key to normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

Speaking at a press conference after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Stoltenberg called on Belgrade and Pristina to continue dialogue as it was the only path to peace.

PRISTINA - A commander-level meeting between delegations of Kfor Regional Command West and East and the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) was held at Camp Villaggio Italia near Pec. Kosovo-Metohija on Thursday "in the framework of the periodic cooperation meetings, provided for by the directions for implementation of the temporary operating procedures agreement," Kfor has announced.

BELGRADE  - At a meeting with the UK's Ambassador Edward Ferguson, Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic voiced deep concerns over current developments in Kosovo-Metohija and the position of Serbs in the southern province.