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U.S. supports Tadić on road to EU

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg has stated that the U.S. supports Serbian President Boris Tadić in the country’s EU bid. The support also extends to taking the steps to fulfill obligations towards the Hague Tribunal said reports.

Steinberg visits Serb enclave in Kosovo

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg was in the Serb enclave of Gračanica on Thursday. There, according to reports, he stated that “it was time to find a solution for the economic and social problems”, underscoring that political issues had been “left for a later time”.

Tadić: War not threatening Bosnia

President Boris Tadić says that he and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg agreed that “information that Bosnia is threatened by war” was untrue. “This isn’t about any sort of war, the situation is being overdramatized, I don’t know to what end. The problems should be identified through a rational and democratic dialog of the three peoples,” Tadić told reporters in MedveÄ‘a, southern Serbia, this Thursday.

U.S. official visits Belgrade

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg arrived in Belgrade in the evening on April 7 as part of his Balkan tour. The American official met this morning with First Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.

U.S. State Department official due to arrive in Belgrade

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will arrive in Belgrade tonight for a two-day visit. During the visit, he is set to “convey to Serbia’s officials Washington’s support to the country’s European aspiration and the U.S. government’s readiness to cooperation with Belgrade on strengthening stability in the region”.

EU, U.S. officials meet with Inzko

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos discussed the political situation in Bosnia yesterday. They met with High Representative Valentin Inzko in Sarajevo.

U.S. official “encouraged by progress”

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg says he is encouraged by the progress Serbia had made in the process of European integrations. He added that he would also discuss issues that the two countries disagree on, the status of Kosovo, during his visit to Belgrade in April.

Dačić: U.S. officials content with cooperation

Ivica Dačić said that American officials are content with cooperation with the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) in combating crime, corruption and terrorism. The Serbian Interior Minister met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and the Deputy Secretary of State for International Drug Trade and Law Implementation, David Jones.

Dačić to start week-long visit to U.S.

First Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić will spend seven days on a visit to the United States, MUP has announced. Dačić is set to meet with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, FBI Director Robert Miller and other U.S. officials, the statement said.

Bosnian leaders on Steinberg visit

RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and other political leaders in Bosnia met yesterday with U.S. deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. Dodik, who heads the government of the Serb entity, said after the meeting that solutions would not be imposed in Bosnia-Herzegovina and that Bosnian leaders would have to reach them themselves.

Deputy U.S. secretary of state in Bosnia

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is expected to meet today with political leaders in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The American embassy in Sarajevo confirmed this, and said that the talks will be dedicated to a recent proposal of modified solutions from the so-called Butmir package, and changes to the Bosnian Constitution.