Vladislav Surkov

U.S. agents extracted a high-level Russian government source who had confirmed Vladimir Putin's direct role in interfering in the 2016 US presidential election, U.S. media reported late on Sept. 9.

"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.

The Beta agency is reporting on Monday that Volker told "the international portal Politico" in an interview that his third face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin's adviser Vladislav Surkov "accomplished nothing" and represented "a step back."

Of the three meetings between the envoys, two took place in Serbia's capital, the last earlier this month.

The US representative on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy, Vladislav Surkov, are to meet in Belgrade again, the Serbian media have reported.

Experts see the meetings as diplomatic fruit for the country's "two chairs" policy of balancing between West and East.

The next meeting withing the framework of the Moscow-Washington dialogue on Ukraine will be held in Belgrade on November 13.

Tanjug reported this on Friday, citing Sputnik.

Special US representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker and Russian president's aide Vladislav Surkov will speak in the Serbian capital once again - after their first meeting on October 9.

Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced on Saturday that Russian and US envoys for the Ukraine crisis had met in Belgrade.

NOVI SAD - Serbia supports the territorial integrity of Span and will not accept any unilateral acts by Catalonia, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Thursday.

"We do not want what has been applied to Kosovo to be applied in the case of Catalonia," Dacic told the RTV after a meeting with the Spanish ambassador to Serbia.

Dacic confirms October 7 Surkov-Volker meeting in Belgrade

US special envoy for efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine Kurt Volker and Kremlin aide Vladislav Surkov will meet in Belgrade.

Beta reported this on Thursday, citing Radio Free Europe (RFE).

The European Union (UN) is expected to extend on Wednesday the sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals and companies by six months.

The assets of 150 people and 37 companies will remain frozen and they will continue to be subject of travel bans until March 2016, when the sanctions will be reviewed again, EUobserver informs.