Ivica Dačić

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over the intention of Kosovo to become a member of UNESCO.

In it, he underscored that this would be unacceptable for Serbia because Kosovo cannot be considered a state.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday that "Serbia will do everything in its power to keep Kosovo from becoming a member of UNESCO."

According to Tanjug, Dacic told the Belgrade-based daily Kurir that Kosovo's bid to join UNESCO was "a distortion of the latest agreement reached by Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels."

Ivica Dacic has called on all signatories of the agreement from Minsk to respect what they signed and work on the implementation of the agreement.

Dacic, who is Serbia's foreign minister and OSCE's chairperson in office, made the comments in Kiev on Friday after his meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and OSCE officials.

"It's incredible that no one has yet been arrested for the attack on Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Potocari," says Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

Serbian officials have expressed alarm over Greece's recent conciliatory statements about Kosovo, whose independence Greece does not recognize.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told the Belgrade-based daily Blic on July 16 that he had sought an explanation from Athens.

OSCE Chairperson and Serbian FM Ivica Dacic has welcomed an agreement between Macedonianpolitical leaders on measures to overcome the political crisis.

Serbia has asked an explanation from Greece of its foreign minister's statement that Athens will "support Kosovo's membership in international organizations".

Nuland said the US remained ready to support Serbia's European integration process, government officials said.

After meeting senior officials, including President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, Nuland, who is on a Balkan tour, praised the progress that Serbia has made introducing reforms.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will pay a visit to Belgrade on Tuesday.

Nuland will meet Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic.

Ivica Dacic says that "just an apology from Bakir Izetbegovic and verbal condemnation" of the attack on Aleksandar Vucic in Srebrenica was "not enough."

Bosnian authorities should arrest attackers and organizers of the incident, Serbia's foreign minister said on Monday.