OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who will chair the OSCE next year, says the primary task will be to strengthen mutual trust in the OSCE area.

He was addressing the final session of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade on Friday where he unofficially took over the presidency of the organization, the Beta agency reported.

Serbia will repay EUR 20 M of its outstanding debt for Russian gas deliveries to Gazprom Neft by the end of the year, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said.

"Another EUR 6.5 M will be paid early next year," Vucic said at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Belgrade on Friday.

Due to the European security's fragility a stronger OSCE, dialogue renewal and establishment of security trust will be the leitmotif of Germany's chairmanship.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose country will take over the OSCE chairmanship from Serbia in 2016, said this as he addressed the OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade on Thursday.

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said in Belgrade after meeting with OSCE Chairperson Ivica Dacic that Serbia had been a strong and constructive leader.

"Serbia has been a strong leader, navigating the difficult waters,“ he said at a joint press conference late on Tuesday with Dacic, Serbia's foreign minister, ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade.