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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Pink TV late on Monday that his recent conversation in Belgrade with a US State Department official was "not easy".

According to Vucic, the US officials came here "to fulfill their interests, not ours."

A US State Department official's statement about Serbia not being able to sit "on two chairs" has provoked many reactions.

Daniel Serwer, the director of the Conflict Management Program at the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies and former diplomat says he agrees with Hoyt Brian Yee's claim, although he is more interested in the other question.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has rejected the assessment of US diplomat Brian Hoyt Yee that Serbia was "sitting on two chairs."

Serbia is interested only in its own interests, Dacic said on Thursday.

Dacic told reporters in Belgrade that Serbia will continue to work in accordance with its state and national interests, "regardless of what they are saying, from the sidelines."

A US State Department official's statement about Serbia not being able to sit "on two chairs" has provoked many reactions.

Aleksandar Vucic will in the coming days communicate the answers he gave to US State Department official Hoyt Brian Yee's objections, made during their meeting.

This was announced in a statement on Tuesday evening.

The conversation between the Serbian president and the US diplomat, held in the early afternoon the same day, was "very open," the statement said.

Aleksandar Vucic will in the coming days communicate the answers he gave to US State Department official Hoyt Brian Yee's objections, made during their meeting.

This was announced in a statement on Tuesday evening.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received on Tuesday at the Palace of Serbia in New Belgrade US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brian Hoyt Yee.

Earlier today, Yee met with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, and Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Mihajlovic.

One cannot sit on two chairs at the same time, said today in Belgrade a High Representative of the US State Department Bryan Hoyt Yee, explaining that the country, such as Serbia, which wants to become a member of the EU, must send a very clear message, and not to balance between the two sides.

Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN’s cultural organisation UNESCO, after US officials cited “anti-Israel bias”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the US decision as “brave and moral”, a statement said.

The agency is known for designating world heritage sites such as Syria’s Palmyra and the US Grand Canyon.

The US State Department has sent UNESCO an official notification of withdrawal from the organization, reports Mediapool.