International recognition of Kosovo

"This speaks to the international position of Serbia and that's why it should be utilized," the first deputy PM and foreign minister told RTS on Friday.

As a "neutral venue," Belgrade last fall hosted meetings between Russian and US Ukraine crisis envoys, Vladislav Surkov and Kurt Volker.

According to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, Pacolli said that Serbian foreign minister was "always tripping him up."

"People from Kosovo are young, and cannot travel freely. Serbia makes problems every day. I travel and fight to get recognitions of Kosovo - and Ivica brings them down," Pacolli reportedly told his colleagues as Dacic left the room during a working lunch.

Deputy Prime Minister of the so-called Republic of Kosovo, Enver Hoxhaj, during Government's meeting on Friday, said that the Government of FYROM (Macedonia) has asked Kosovo's support to assist in implementation of bilingualism in institutions of Macedonia, after Parliament in Skopje has approved on Wednesday the law allowing for the wider use of the Albanian language.

The new US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell, started a tour of Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Greece on Monday, aiming to address various potential frozen conflicts in the Balkans region.

The two ministers agreed to assign one diplomat each to work on advancing bilateral relations, as Serbia and Georgia do not have diplomatic offices in the other country, Beta agency reported.

The Spanish Olympic Committee has agreed to grant visas for members of the Kosovo delegation who will attend the Mediterranean Games Tarragona, after Spanish authorities initially tried to deny visas for Kosovars. Spain is one of the five EU countries which did not recognise Kosovo's independence.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met on Tuesday in Berlin Serbian President Alensadar Vucic, when one of the main topics was Kosovo issue, GazetaExpress reports. During a joint press conference Merkel has not commented whether Belgrade should recognise Kosovo in order to join the EU.

He called on the authorities in Pristina, but also on all regional countries, to show restraint when it comes to those issues on which they disagree with Belgrade.

"I signed the Brussels agreement. We would never have signed it if the key thing in it wasn't the ZSO. If five years have gone by since the signing, and it came to nothing, my question is, what's reaching agreements for," the foreign minister and first deputy PM said on TV Happy's talk show Cyrillic.

In addition to the prime ministers of the Western Balkans, the reception was attended by high representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which organized the Western Balkans Investment Summit.

Brnabic spoke earlier in the day at a panel of prime ministers as part of the summit, as well as at the panel on regional integration, the government announced.