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ZAGREB - Serbian wants to build a relationship with Croatia characterized by mutual trust and respect and it is ready for a constructive political dialogue and willing to resolve all outstanding issues and to step up cooperation, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in Zagreb Wednesday.

ZAGREB, BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic discussed with Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Zagreb on Wednesday opportunities for joint participation in projects, including the flood prevention project.

Anniversary of death of former President Milosevic

POZAREVAC -- The anniversary of the passing of former Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was marked on Wednesday in Pozarevac, eastern Serbia.

ZAGREB - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic conferred in Zagreb on Wednesday and asserted the political will for further development of the two countries' relations.

Serbia's Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, is in Zagreb on a mission to iron out differences with Croatia - which need to be cleared up before Serbia can open EU membership talks.

BELGRADE/ZAGREB - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic is paying an official visit to Zagreb at the invitation of Croatian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic.

In addition to a meeting with Pusic, Dacic is scheduled to have several other separate meetings.

ZAGREB - Croatia's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic has said that Croatia will not set special conditions for Serbia during the country's EU accession negotiations.

BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia believes that Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic should raise the issue of permanent and just resolution of property and other issues concerning displaced Croatian Serbs during his talks with Croatian officials in Zagreb on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will pay an official visit to Zagreb on Tuesday and Wednesday, at the invitation of Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusic, the Serbian ministry of foreign affairs said in a release.

Dacic is due to have several separate meetings.

Croatia's Office for suppression of corruption and organized crime, USKOK, on Tuesday called for Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic to be taken back into custody until investigations into his alleged crimes are complete.

Bandic - currently on bail - is accused of using his period at liberty to influence a witness in his upcoming trial, forge documents and undermine the judicial process.