Republic of Serbia

NEW YORK - Serbia has written to the UN Secretary General and the UN General Assembly president in response to a speech by Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Denis Becirovic in the UNGA in which he has levelled a series of unfounded and malicious accusations against Serbia and the Serbs, Tanjug learns.

BELGRADE - Serbian MPs adopted on Wednesday a Declaration on Protection of the National and Political Rights and the Joint Future of the Serbs.

One hundred and thirty-nine MPs voted for the declaration, nine voted against, there were no abstentions and six MPs took no part in the vote.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Mexican Ambassador to Belgrade Carlos Felix on Monday, thanking his country for abstaining in a recent UN General Assembly vote on a Srebrenica resolution.

Vucevic noted that the resolution would definitely not help stabilise the region or improve the relations between Serbs and Bosniaks, the government said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic met with Angolan FM Tete Antonio in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss strengthening of bilateral cooperation, with special emphasis on the economy and education.

KOTOR - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien in Kotor, Montenegro, on Thursday to discuss the current regional and geopolitical situations, progress in the Western Balkans' EU accession process and opportunities for further strengthening of relations and expanding Serbia-EU cooperation.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Wednesday.

Vucevic said preservation of regional stability was a strategic interest of Serbia and that a UNGA resolution on Srebrenica was a sensitive issue that was not contributing to deepening of cooperation and building good-neighborly relations.

BELGRADE - Serbia is a militarily neutral country but, in view of the geopolitical situation, it must engage further on boosting its defence capabilities to protect its sovereignty, Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said on Thursday.

Vucevic was commenting on negative reactions from the West over Serbia's recent acquisition of a Russian-made anti-UAV system.

BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday it was still uncertain whether a March 25 UN Security Council session that would mark 25 years since the 1999 NATO bombing of the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) would take place.

The session has been requested by Russia.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday Belgrade had information EU member states that did not recognise the so-called Kosovo had requested clarification on a potential inclusion of the Ohrid Agreement into Chapter 35 of Serbia's EU accession talks and time to take positions that would not harm them and their interests.

BELGRADE - Serbia is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the dinar as its national currency, a testimony to the stability and resilience of the national economy, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) said in a statement.