Aleksandar Chepurin

Marko Djuric has offered his condolences to Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Chepurin over the death of Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin.

According to a statement, the head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and the top Russian diplomat in Serbia met in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has written to President Tomislav Nikolic of Serbia saying that the Kremlin will follow the 2017 Serbian presidential election "with full attention".

In the letter handed to Nikolic by Russian ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandar Chepurin, Putin confirmed Russia's wish to continue a strategic partnership.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Serbia Aleksandar Chepurin, the government has announced.

The two "discussed major issues in the Serbian-Russian relations."

Kosovo joining UNESCO would be a direct violation of international law, but also of the UN Charter and UNSC Resolution 1244, which nobody has abolished.

That is how Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Chepurin commented on Pristina's attempts to join UNESCO.

BELGRADE - The Balkan countries should decide in the next few months on the manner in which to maintain the gas supply once the agreement on transport of Russian gas via Ukraine expires in four years, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Chepurin said on Monday.