Ivan Mrkic

BELGRADE - Serbia's delegation headed by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will pay an official visit to Austria on March 27 and 28, the president's press service released in a statement.

The Serbian president will confer with Austrian President Heinz Fischer and Parliament Speaker Barbara Prammer.

FM receives EU representative, Russian ambassador

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić had separate meetings on Wednesday with EU Delegation chief Michael Davenport and Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin.

The two diplomats informed the Serbian minister "about the stands of Brussels and Moscow," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic met on Wednesday with Michael Freund, Chairman of the Tel Aviv-based Israel-Serbia Friendship Association, and noted that the two nations share a uniquely strong bond.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic had separate talks on Wednesday with Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport and Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin, who informed him about the stands of Brussels and Moscow, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a release.

UAE foreign minister arrives in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan has conferred with Serbian top officials on Friday.

BELGRADE - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan will visit Serbia on Friday where he will have separate meetings with Serbian top officials.

UAE foreign ministers will confer with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic and Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Masafumi Kuroki inked and exchanged documents on Wednesday on the Japanese government's grant in the form of green vehicles amounting to EUR 3.57 million.

Mrkic told reporters that the grant includes 300 green vehicles for the needs of the public sector.

BELGRADE - Serbian government officials laid in the centre of Belgrade on Wednesday a wreath at the commemorative plaque dedicated to Serbia's assassinated Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, with members of Djindjic's government, citizens and party associates also there to pay their respects.

YEREVAN - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan agreed that the time has come for the countries, whose ties are marked by years' long friendship, to set up a legal basis for improvement of future cooperation in all areas.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic stated on Monday that the statement by Gerhard Schroeder, former chancellor of Germany, that the 1999 air campaign against Serbia constituted a violation of the international law came too late, reiterating that Serbia advocates the adherence to the international law in all circumstances.