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SKOPJE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with European External Action Service Deputy Managing Director Marko Makovec in Skopje on Thursday, noting that Serbia was sincerely committed to reforms that were significant for its EU integration and was striving to build a relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received UK Ambassador to Belgrade Edward Ferguson on Wednesday.

Vucevic noted that he was concerned over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and underscored Pristina must be put under pressure to ensure dialogue was continued and the terror against Kosovo-Metohija Serbs stopped.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric spoke by phone with Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg on Tuesday to inform him of the current state of affairs in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the worrying position of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs, who he noted faced pressure and coercion by Pristina and unbearable living conditions created through Pristina's unilateral acts.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belgrade Kamil Hasiyev on Wednesday.

Vucevic said Azerbaijan's principled position on Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty when it comes to the Kosovo-Metohija issue was extremely important to Belgrade, the Serbian government said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric received EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi on Tuesday, noting that full EU membership was a strategic commitment and a priority of Serbia's foreign policy.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba on Monday to discuss the current global security and political situation and opportunities for bilateral economic cooperation in such circumstances.

The citizens of North Macedonia no longer consider Greece as a threat to their country but they remain concerned about Bulgaria and Russia, a survey of five Balkan countries has found.

The opinion poll, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI), also found that Albanians consider Greece a serious threat to their country.

BELGRADE - A total 153,155 foreign tourists, mostly Bulgarians (14,278) and Russians (14,122), visited Serbia in March, which was a 9.7 pct increase y-o-y.

Tourists from the region - Bosnia and Herzegovina (12,983), Croatia (11,486) and North Macedonia (10,188) follow, the national statistical office said.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Designate Milos Vucevic said on Wednesday evening Serbia had its "red lines" and that there could be neither a de iure nor a de facto recognition of the so-called Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday the chances of the so-called Kosovo becoming a Council of Europe (CoE) member remained very high but that Serbia was doing everything in its power to prevent that from happening.

"We are proud of that because, that way, we respect European rules," he said.