United Arab Emirates

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, held a meeting on Wednesday with 15 Ambassadors of the group of African Arab countries in an effort to further strengthen Serbia's position in Arab countries, and improve bilateral relations with African partners.

LONDON - The future of the Western Balkans will no longer be defined by politics, but by economics, says Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

I do not think that politics is that important anymore, it is the economics that defines the future of Western Balkans, Vucic said at the beginning of his lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) late Monday.

Washington called Oct. 27 for the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to be extended to the Internet, as coalition partners met for talks on how to stop the jihadists' online propaganda.
      

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday thanked Austria for the wholehearted assistance it has offered to Serbia in the wake of the catastrophic floods and for its support to the country on the European path.

Prime minister satisfied with new EC report

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said on Wednesday the European Commission report on Serbia's progress is "better than all the other reports in the region."

The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth $1.75 billion and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates valued at about $900 million

The United Arab Emirates said on Oct. 5 that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had apologised to the Abu Dhabi crown prince for "any implications" in a speech he made last week that the UAE had supported Islamist militants in Syria.

The United Arab Emirates has expressed surprise after US Vice President Joe Biden suggested the Gulf state had armed and financed jihadists in Syria, along with other regional powers.

ZAGREB - Serbia exploits the least amount of natural resources in the Western Balkans, where the biggest demand on the environment comes from Slovenia, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says in its latest report.

Senator Petru Filip, chair of the Foreign Policy Committee discussed the situation in Middle East with Sheik Ahmed Ali Hamad Al Mualla, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Romania, a Senate release informed AGERPRES on Wednesday.