Government of Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Wednesday he would by January 20 receive international envoys for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, to whom he referred as "the big four".

Vucic was speaking to reporters after a visit to the construction site of a New Belgrade-Surcin bypass.

BUDAPEST - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday in Budapest Serbia-Hungary relations were at the highest level in a decade.

At a press conference with Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto, Dacic said the relations between the two countries were based on mutual trust, cooperation, seeking of common interests and respect.

WASHINGTON - Serbian Ambassador to the US Marko Djuric said on Friday the signing of a MoU between the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US State Department opened another major channel of possibilities for long-term advancement of capabilities for cooperation between the two countries.

ZAGREB - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday in Zagreb dialogue on equal grounds and with mutual respect was the path to a resolution of open issues between Serbia and Croatia.

At a Christmas reception hosted by the Serb National Council, Dacic said his message was that the two countries should try to find a common interest even when they did not think alike.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic confirmed he and Human Rights Minister Tomislav Zigmanov would attend a Christmas reception to be hosted by the Serb National Council in Zagreb on Friday.

Croatian government representatives are also expected to attend.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and US Ambassador to Serbia Christopher Hill signed on Thursday a MoU between the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US Department of State.

At a joint press conference, Dacic said Serbia believed contacts with the US, including exchanges of bilateral visits, must be stepped up.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday evening he expected US Department of State Counsellor Derek Chollet to visit Belgrade on January 11 or 12, and noted that he believed in the creation of a better relationship with the US.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday a Die Zeit article arguing that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic can only be "tamed" with a firm hand laid bare the German and Western policy towards Serbia.

The article has been published on the website of the German daily.

As a reminder, the prime minister-designate Ana Brnabi presented an expos in front of MPs and announced the list of candidate ministers, for the members of the parliament to vote on their election.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said during a visit to the city of Leskovac, where he inspected the construction of a stadium in the city, that he was concerned of the possibility of sabotage on the Turkish Stream, Politika newspaper reported.