Heidi Tagliavini

OSCE secretary general: Ceasefire generally respected

BELGRADE -- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said on Wednesday in Belgeade that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is "generally respected."

"Now the key stage should be used to set up working groups and step up negotiations and implementation of the Minsk agreement," Tanjug quoted him as saying.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic talked in Belgrade on Wednesday with representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and underscored that Serbia, as the country that is currently holding the OSCE chairmanship, will do everything in its power to ensure that the ceasefire in Ukraine is fully respected.

BELGRADE - OSCE Chairperson-in-office and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will confer with the ambassadors of the OSCE Troika, which aside from Serbia includes Switzerland and Germany, in Vienna on Friday.

VIENNA - Continuous breaches of the ceasefire in Ukraine may lead to uncontrolled violence, says the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, adding that "this is a critical moment for Ukraine."

VIENNA - Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, met with OSCE representatives from Ukraine in Vienna on Thursday.

BELGRADE - In his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will on Thursday attend the Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna.

Dacic will meet with OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva and Secretary General Spencer Oliver, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

BELGRADE - In his capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will on Thursday attend the Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna.

Dacic will meet with OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva and Secretary General Spencer Oliver, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

OSCE welcomes Minsk agreement

VIENNA -- OSCE Chair and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic welcomed on Thursday the results of the meeting achieved in Minsk.

He gave his "full support to the package of measures for implementation of the agreement reached by the Trilateral Contact Group in September 2014," the OSCE said.

BELGRADE - OSCE Chair and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic welcomed on Thursday the results of the meeting achieved in Minsk and gave full support to the package of measures for implementation of the agreement reached by the Trilateral Contact Group in September 2014, states the OSCE release.

Dacic calls for "three day truce" in eastern Ukraine

VIENNA -- Ivica Dacic has called on all actors of the continuing heavy fighting around Debaltsevo in Ukraine to immediately stop all military activities.