Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday Western powers were pressuring countries that might support a draft UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica and noted that, even though the outcome of a vote on the document would not be favourable for Serbia, Western states would not be satisfied either because they expected a two-third majority.

For the relatives of the Srebrenica massacre victims, forgiving feels impossible, nearly 30 years on.

But if Serbs in Bosnia and Belgrade stop denying and accept that the atrocity was an act of genocide, as states a draft UN resolution due to be put to the vote Thursday, that would enable finding peace, some survivors say.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has arrived in New York, where he will attend a UN General Assembly debate on a Srebrenica draft resolution on May 23.

A delegation accompanying Vucic also includes FM Marko Djuric.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic extended his condolences to the people and the government of Iran on Monday following the tragic death of the country's President Ebrahim Raisi.

BELGRADE  - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said a "Kosovo Police" raid on branch offices of Serbia's Postal Savings Bank in the north of Kosovo-Metohija on Monday was an escalatory move by Pristina aimed at causing chaos and unrest and abolishing Serbian institutions in Kosovo-Metohija and that Belgrade would inform all international representatives

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic met on Monday in Belgrade with Yin Li, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee and Secretary of the CCP's Beijing Municipal Committee.

Brnabic said visits by high-ranking Chinese officials to Serbia were very important for deepening further the cooperation between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic extended condolences to the leadership and the people of Iran on Monday over the tragic deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

BELGRADE - Gabonese PM Raymond Ndonga Sima said on Monday in Belgrade his country maintained mutual respect with Serbia and that the two countries wanted to respect the traditional relations established during the Yugoslav era.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Monday Gabonese PM Raymond Ndonga Sima had informed him Gabon would not vote for a UN General Assembly resolution on Srebrenica.

Vucevic also thanked Gabon for its full support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia regarding Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Sunday evening he saw last week's Brussels meeting with the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina as the final round of discussions on the dinar issue but reiterated he was ready to host another meeting on this if the parties demonstrated "genuine willingness to reach an agreement."