Ivica Dačić

NATO has not spoken against Serbia's participation in military exercises with Russia, while the EU is not a military block and should mind its own business.

That is what Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday.

Serbia expects the European Union to clearly define its policy towards migrants, the country's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday.

Every country addresses this issue in a different way, and Serbia's reaction will certainly not be to build a 'counter-wall', Tanjug news agency quoted Dacic as saying at a news conference in Belgrade.

Serbia's OSCE Chairmanship is determined to intensify activities aimed at implementation of the Minsk agreement, Ivica Dacic has said.

Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, and OSCE chairperson-in-office Ivica spoke on Wednesday in Belgrade, stressing that it was "of utmost importance for all sides to respect the agreement."

The future Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) should be formed very quickly, said Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

According to him, it will represent "the first political authority of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija since 1999."

Serbia and Macedonia have asked the EU take action on the issue of asylum seekers, given that a million euros earmarked for assistance "is not enough."

Ivica Dacic says he expects a swift reaction and tangible decision concerning the support to Serbia after the talks in Brussels.

Speaking on Wednesday, the Serbian foreign minister explained that this would include "the opening of the first negotiating chapters in the EU accession talks."

SPS leader and Serbian Foreign Minister and first Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic believes that the country does not need early parliamentary elections.

But Dacic added that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was the one who would make the decision.

Serbia fully supports the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), and actively works on the national institutional modalities to facilitate its successful implementation.,

Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said this on Monday, speaking at the First Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, which is being held in Cancun, Mexico.

Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in New York on Friday that his country finds Pristina's demands "to join the work of UNESCO and Interpol" unacceptable.

Bulgaria's Defence Ministry said on Friday it is considering sending army troops to the country's borders to help police prevent a potential surge in migrant influx, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.