Foreign relations of Serbia

Western Balkans for stronger ties and cooperation

BELGRADE -- Countries of the Western Balkans continue to work together towards a common goal - safe environment, political stability and economic prosperity of the region.

This is what participants of an informal regional conference held in Belgrade on Thursday stressed in a joint statement.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Wednesday with France's new Ambassador to Serbia Christine Moro to discuss the relations between the two nations, Serbias EU integration and French investments.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbian first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, has met with German and British Ambassadors to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm and Dennis Keefe, who presented him with an invitation to the conference of ministers of foreign affairs in Berlin on November 5.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on European Affairs Christopher Murphy discussed on Wednesday further improvement in political dialogue and cooperation between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, informed Peter Burkhard, head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, about priorities of Serbia's OSCE chairmanship next year.

President: Serbia right country for OSCE chairmanship

MOSCOW -- Serbia is a suitable country for OSCE chairmanship at a time when the search for a solution to the problem in Ukraine is underway, Tomislav Nikolić has said.

The Serbian president spoke for the Russian national television and expressed the wish for the solution to be found soon.

BELGRADE - Serbia is ready for the negotiating process on EU membership, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Thursday, during the talks with German Foreign Office Special Envoy for South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and the EFTA States Ernst Reichel.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Foreign Ministry denies allegations about it not allowing the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina to be presented at a forthcoming conference of European regions at Serbia's Mission to the EU in Brussels.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and German government official Christoph Strasser met on Thursday to discuss human rights and the battle against discrimination in relation to Serbia's accession talks with the EU.

BELGRADE - First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Thursday that he expects the European Union to recognize and acknowledge the efforts made by Serbia in the EU integration process, and allow it to open the first chapters in accession talks by the end of 2014.