PM to travel to Russia, Kosovo did not join SEECP

(Tanjug)

PM to travel to Russia, Kosovo did not join SEECP

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister and Ivica Dačić said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić would meet with top Russian officials in Moscow next week.

They would discuss relations between the two nations and the economy, Dačić announced during his regular monthly news conference in Belgrade.

"Our goal is EU membership, but also to foster and develop our relations with countries that have been traditionally friendly to us and with which we share a common interest, and Russia is definitely a country we have a common interest with," Dačić told a news conference.

He specified that Vučić would go on a working visit to Moscow.

Dačić noted that Serbian officials should be "meeting with many other countries," adding that "we also need a meeting (U.S. President Barack) Obama," as well as "English officials."

"It is important to us that Brussels, Washington and Moscow all think well of us," he explained.

During the same news conference, he denied claims that Kosovo had become a full-fledged member of the South-East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP).

"It was agreed for Kosovo to take part in the work of this initiative with a view to strengthen stability in the region," Dačić was quoted as saying.

"Kosovo was not accepted as a member of SEECP, the matter of Kosovo's membership (in this initiative) was avoided," Dačić stressed

He emphasized that Serbia would prevent Kosovo's membership in all organizations where this is possible, "unless it is in line with the Brussels agreement."

"We have no reason to interfere with Kosovo's participation under the conditions defined in...

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