Fuele,Mogherini confer with Western Balkan foreign ministers

NEW YORK - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic participated in the meeting of foreign ministers from Western Balkan countries with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele and future European High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on the margins of the 69th UN General Assembly session in New York.

The main topics of the meeting hosted by Bosnia-Herzegovina Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija covered the improvement of regional cooperation and European integration process, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Wednesday.

The foreign ministers discussed the possibilities of realisation of joint projects that would contribute to establishment of stronger economic ties in the region in keeping with the conclusions of the recently staged Conference of Western Balkans States in Berlin.

According to the release, the talks also covered the preparations for the regional conference in Belgrade in October, the agenda of which will include economic administration and infrastructural connections.

Dacic is staying in New York as part of the Serbian delegation headed by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic. On Tuesday, he had a series of meetings with foreign officials, including Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil who reiterated that Spain supports Serbia's position on the Kosovo-Metohija issue.

The Serbian foreign minister also met with Tajikistan Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda.

On Tuesday, Dacic conferred with Bosnia-Herzegovina Minister of Foreign Affairs Zlatko Lagumdzija and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.