Goran Zivaljevic

Serbia remains the only Balkan state which has not yet publicly congratulated its neighbour Macedonia and Greece on their signing on Sunday of a landmark agreement aimed at finally resolving their decades-long dispute over Macedonia's name.

Serbia unexpectedly withdrew all its diplomatic staff from Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), on Sunday.

The Ambassador to FYROM, Dusanka Divjak Tomic, on Sunday told Beta news agency that she could not comment on the reasons, referring queries to the Foreign Ministry in Belgrade for answers.

Serbia unexpectedly withdrew all its diplomatic staff from Skopje, Macedonia, on Sunday.

The Ambassador to Macedonia, Dusanka Divjak Tomic, on Sunday told Beta news agency that she could not comment on the reasons, referring queries to the Foreign Ministry in Belgrade for answers.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic was not available to BIRN on Monday, however.

BELGRADE - Macedonian Ambassador Vera Jovanovska was Tuesday summoned by the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain the circumstances that lead to the wiretapping of the phones of Goran Zivaljevic, adviser at the Serbian embassy in Skopje, Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia leader Ivan Stoilkovic and Politika journalist Miroslav Lazanski.

FYROM (Macedonian) Ambassador to Serbia Vera Jovanovska-Tipko will be summoned to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanjug is reporting on Tuesday.

The agency said it learned that Jovanovska will be asked today to provide answers about the wiretapping of journalists and representatives of Serbs in Macedonia.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic has said that Goran Zivaljevic, adviser at the Serbian embassy in Skopje and a Security Information Agency (BIA) officer, had not done anything that could be interpreted as breach of the Vienna Convention or the diplomatic protocol.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic on Friday denied reports that Skopje wants Belgrade to recall Goran Zivaljevic, adviser at the Serbian embassy to Macedonia and a Security Information Agency (BIA) officer.

"That is absolutely untrue," Dacic told Tanjug.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Friday denied media reports that Skopje was asking Belgrade to withdraw Serbian embassy adviser Goran Zivaljevic.

Dacic described the reports as "utter untruths."

Adviser at the Serbian embassy in Skopje and BIA officer Goran Zivaljevic was in the Assembly of Macedonia as it was stormed by violent protesters on April 27.

This has been reported by Macedonian television Telma.