Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Nebojša Radmanović cancelled a meeting with Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, following a diplomatic incident.
The Turkish delegation demanded that the flag of the Republic of Srpska (RS) be removed from the conference room, Radmanović’s cabinet has announced.
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić thanked on Thursday African countries for their support to Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also urged them to support an investigation into the allegations presented in the report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will pay a two-day visit to Ethiopia starting on Thursday, it has been announced.
He will take part in the Executive Council of the African Union session.
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says Serbia’s inner political conflicts regarding EU integration “need to stop”. This is the case because both the advocates and opponents of the process agree that the implementation of European standards is beneficial for Serbia’s society, said he.
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić expressed his satisfaction on Tuesday with the debate on Serbia in the European Parliament (EP). He told B92 that he expected that the ratification in the EP of the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia would speed up the ratification of the agreement with Serbia in the EU member countries which had still not gave their stamp of approval on the document.
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will arrive on a one-day visit to Spain on Wednesday, the MFA in Belgrade announced. In Madrid, Jeremić will meet with the country’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez.
Former Czechoslovak dissident, Foreign Minister and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier died in Prague.
His wife Jirina told Czech new agency ÄŒTK that he died at the hospital after a long illness at the age of 73.
Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić has stated that one of the tasks of Serbia’s diplomacy in 2011 will be to present the country’s internal reforms to the EU.
He also pointed out that EU integration would remain Serbia’s main strategic goal.
Faced with dwindling public support and critics within his own party, German FM Guido Westerwelle will hold a speech which make-or-break his position as leader.
Westerwelle will defend his position as leader of the Free Democrats (FDP) in a key party speech on Thursday, amid calls for resignation coming from within his own party.
Slovak Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda stated on Wednesday that Bratislava will continue to assist Serbia’s EU path.
He underlined that modernization of Serbia is good and necessary “not for bureaucracy, but rather for people”.
France unreservedly supports Serbia’s endeavors for getting the status of candidate for European Union membership. This is according to Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Božidar Äelić, who was in Paris on Tuesday.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić today traveled to Luxembourg for a meeting with his counterpart Jean Asselborn. Jeremić conveyed Serbia’s stand that investigation of involvement of Kosovo Albanian leaders in human organ trafficking must be credible and carried out fully and openly, said reports.
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a charity reception for members of the diplomatic corps, who donated several hundred New Year’s presents. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić late on Sunday delivered them to the children of Kraljevo – the central Serbian town hit by a destructive earthquake in early November.
Switzerland has called on “Kosovo and the international community” to launch a legal investigation into the Kosovo organ trafficking case. “The Swiss Foreign Ministry calls on the affected countries and particularly Kosovo for clarification on these accusations. The appropriate and international authorities must lead legal steps to assemble potential evidence,” the AFP quoted the ministry’s statement.
Serbia and Algeria have strong friendly ties, Algeria supports Serbia and believes that the Kosovo issue can be solved only by a consensus at the UNSC This is what visiting Algerian Foreign Minister Murad Medelci told Tanjug news agency in Belgrade late on Thursday.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said on Thursday that the accusations CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty must be thoroughly investigated. Jeremić underlined that this would represent a “great moral test for the international community”.
President Boris Tadić has today rejected media reports that Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić would be dismissed.
He also said Ivica DaÄić will not be Serbia’s new prime minister, as speculated on Monday.
Foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece expressed support to the EU integration of the Western Balkans at a trilateral meeting in Sofia on Saturday.
Bulgarian FM Nikolay Mladenov, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić and Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas also adopted a joint declaration on the European future of the region.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle expressed his belief on Saturday that the Sunday elections in Kosovo would be a successful day for democracy.
“I hope that, soon after the elections, the new government in PriÅ¡tina will start direct talks with Serbia in order to begin solving everyday problems,†Westerwelle said in view of Kosovo elections, the German Foreign Ministry announced.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has stated that speculations on his dismissal are harmful.
He thinks that such allegations are sending a wrong signal to the world that there is a lack of unity within the Serbian state authorities regarding foreign policy’s goals and priorities, which “certainly is not the case.â€
