Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was not aiming to achieve reconciliation but to prove the Serbs were the only ones to blame in the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said in Buenos Aires in a comment on the tribunal's sentence to life imprisonment for Ratko Mladic.

BUENOS AIRES - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic warned Ukrainian ambassador to Belgrade Oleksandr Alexandrovych to "think carefully" when making statements and that it was not for him to evaluate Serbia's foreign policy.

Dacic said he would never receive Alexandrovych "if he keeps acting like this."

BUENOS AIRES - On the first day of his visit to Argentina, Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic spoke with the country's Vice President Gabriela Michetti.

In Tuesday's substantial and very cordial conversation, they agreed the level of bilateral political relations was very high.

The search for the Argentine military submarine lost in the South Atlantic continued for a week and reached a "critical phase". The reason is that the 44-member crew on board may already experience oxygen deficiency, said Enrique Balbi, a spokeswoman for the US Navy, quoted by the agencies.

He assessed that Guinea-Bissau's revocation of a decision to recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence, indicated that (Pristina's) list of 114 countries that recognized Kosovo was "a lie."

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia will not recognize Kosovo for the sake of joining the EU.

Speaking in Buenos Aires, where he will on Wednesday attend the naming of one of the city's squares after the Republic of Serbia, Dacic added that full membership in the EU is his country's absolute foreign policy priority.

Bilateral political relations between Serbia and Argentina are "at an extremely high level."

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Vice President of Argentina Gabriela Michetti assessed this in Buenos Aires, the Serbian government announced on Tuesday.

The missing Argentine submarine may have been located early this morning, after a US Navy aircraft allegedly detected a ‘heat stain’ from 230ft below the surface, some 185miles from the coast, and rescue vessel reported hearing a sonar signal.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says Serbia will not recognize Kosovo for the sake of joining the EU.

Speaking in Buenos Aires, where he will on Wednesday attend the naming of one of the city's squares after the Republic of Serbia, Dacic added that full membership in the EU is his country's absolute foreign policy priority.

Argentina's capital Buenos Aires will name a square after the Republic of Serbia, Beta is reporting on Monday.

For this reason, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will on November 21-23 visit this South American country.

Ahead of his trip, Dacic met in Belgrade with Argentina's Ambassador Ricardo Fernandez.