Dacic on "Zaev's insults": We'll respond to Skopje in kind

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says the statements of Zoran Zaev are undermining relations between the two countries.

Zaev, the leader of the SDSM party, earlier on Wednesday became FYROM's (Macedonia) PM-designate.

"The insults that Zaev is making toward the Serbian leadership will certainly impact our bilateral relations," Dacic said in a statement.

"Serbia is not interfering in other countries' internal affairs; likewise, Serbia wants to have good relations with its neighbors - but Zaev's statements have precisely the opposite tone. Serbia will certainly not allow anyone, Zaev included, to humiliate it, while our attitude toward the authorities in Skopje will, going forward, be reciprocal to their attitude toward Serbia," Dacic concluded.

Earlier, Zaev said that the manner in which Serbian officials comment on events in Macedonia was "unpleasant."<...

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