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BELGRADE - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Serbia and Russia have strong political relations, underscoring that Moscow's position on the issue of Kosovo-Metohija will not change and that Russia insists on the Kosovo issue being resolved in line with UNSC Resolution 1244.

BELGRADE - A military parade to celebrate seventy years since the liberation of Belgrade from Nazi occupation in World War II, attended by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Russian President Vladimir Putin, began with a gun salute and the sounds of the Serbian anthem in the afternoon on Thursday.

Serbian and Russian presidents speak at military parade

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić addressed a military parade in Belgrade to say that Serbia has left wars behind, while the history of its army is that of defensive wars.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Representatives of four Serb-dominated municipalities in north Kosovo urged on Thursday the Kosovo police to fully engage in protecting Serbs and ensuring security for all citizens.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday Serbia would not impose sanctions on Russia, and that it would continue with its EU integration.

BELGRADE - Serbia and Russia signed seven agreements, memorandums and protocols during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Belgrade on Thursday.

The documents were signed at the Palace of Serbia in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold face-to-face talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) that opens on Thursday in Milan, Italy, Russian RIA Novosti reports.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet in the early afternoon Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who started a visit to Belgrade shortly after noon today, and then go on to attend the marking of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade and victory over Nazism and the centenary of the beginning of World War I.

BANJA LUKA - President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik has said that the incident at the football match between Serbia and Albania on Tusday was a provocation targeting Serbia and the Serbs ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that Serbia will never forget the engagement of Russian troops in the liberation of the Serbian capital and the lives lost for the freedom of Belgrade and Serbia.