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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sought on Feb. 18 to assure Europe that the United States will back NATO even as it looks for new ways to cooperate with Russia at the Munich Security Conference, but was greeted by muted applause by European allies unnerved by U.S. President Donald Trump.

On a visit to Ukraine Thursday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for all sides to implement the Minsk Protocol and insisted that Greece has no intention of breaking ranks within the European Union over sanctions against Russia.

Russian authorities have introduced border checks with Belarus days after Minsk's decision to scrap short-term visas for nationals of 80 states.

The measure has been ordered by Russia's domestic security service FSB Aleksandr Bortnikov, according to Sputnik News.

Russian media do not give an explicit link between the border controls and the visa waiver.

MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Friday visited the All Saints' Temple in Minsk.

Vucic spoke to the priests of the Temple, who gave him a large icon of John the Baptist, a gift to the St Sava Temple in Belgrade.

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MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Friday he and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had discussed military-technical cooperation, adding that he would reveal more details in early April.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Friday attended the opening of a 200,000 sq m shopping mall in Minsk.

Vucic and his Belarusian counterpart Andrei Kobyakov addressed the guests at the ceremony.

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MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic met in Minsk on Thursday with Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus.

They highlighted the significance of the good parliamentary cooperation, noting it was contributing to preserving the friendly traditions, the Serbian government press office said in a statement.

MINSK - Serbia and Belarus on Thursday signed several intergovernmental agreements in the areas of the economy, health care, tourism, culture, sport and military-technical cooperation.

The agreements were signed in Minsk at a ceremony attended by PMs Aleksandar Vucic and Andrei Kobyakov.

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MINSK - Serbia is Belarus's key economic partner in the Balkans, Belarusian PM Andrei Kobyakov said Thursday.

Belarus is committed to long-term cooperation with Serbia, Kobyakov said after a meeting with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, welcoming the signing of a road map for bilateral cooperation, aimed at creating optimal conditions for economic ties.

MINSK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic arrived in Minsk Wednesday on an official visit to Belarus, where he will have bilateral meetings with President Alexander Lukashenko and PM Andrei Kobyakov on Thursday and Friday.

Vucic was welcomed at the Minsk airport by Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich.

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