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Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic had a number of bilateral meetings on Thursday on the sidelines of the 22nd Ministerial Council of the OSCE.

He spoke with foreign ministers of Canada, Sweden and Ukraine, as well as with the Deputy Minister Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, the government said on its website.

The UN Security Council will meet in New York on Thursday to discuss UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon's latest report on Kosovo.

Serbia will be represented by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in Belgrade on December 2 for the OSCE Ministerial Council, Ivica Dacic has announced.

The working part of the meeting will take place on December 1 and 2, while a session at the ministerial level will be held on December 3 and 4, the Serbian foreign minister said on Sunday.

The United States and Russia will hold a military meeting shortly to avoid accidental conflict in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday.

He made the statement after meeting his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, AFP reported.

Serbia finds it unacceptable for the opening of the first chapters in EU accession negotiations to take place next year, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said.

He pointed out that the country has made progress by signing the Brussels agreement and therefore expects the first chapters to be opened in November or December.

Ivica Dacic, Serbia first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, will take part in a two-day informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.

The gathering starts in Luxembourg on Friday and will have "the burning issue of migrations as one of the key topics of the plenary discussion," Tanjug said.

Germany and France have agreed that the European Union must set binding quotas for the number of migrants that each member state takes in to tackle a migrant crisis showing no signs of abating, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

Serbia is "ready to contribute to fight against terrorist threats and foreign terrorist fighters on the national, regional, European and global level."

According to Ivica Dacic, Serbian foreign minister, his country is ready to make this contribution " in coordination with partners worldwide."

Ivica Dacic warned during a conference on journalists' safety that "journalists and freedom of the media are among the first victims in any armed conflict."

Speaking in Vienna on Tuesday, Serbia's foreign minister and OSCE chairperson-in-office "called on international bodies to work on their protection together."

The United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations has presented to Serbia a proposed resolution on Srebrenica, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday.

The UN Security Council should discuss it on July 7, he added.