Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Day of mourning for workers who died in Siberia

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government has declared Thursday, February 12, a day of mourning for six Serbian workers who died in a fire in Siberia, Russia.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, on Saturday, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on international security policy, had a meeting with Ellen Tauscher, Vice President of the Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security, also a member in the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States and chief negotiator for the Agreement between Romania and t

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will take part in the 51st Munich Security Conference on February 7-8 in the capacity of the OSCE chairperson, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in a statement on Friday.

PRISTINA - The United States Defense Ministry have expressed their support for Pristina authorities' efforts to transform the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into armed forces, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo said in a release on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) condemns "in the firmest terms" the execution of Japanese citizen Kenji Goto by the terrorist organization ISIL, a release of MAE remitted on Sunday to AGERPRES shows.

Photo credit: (c) Grigore POPESCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic commented on Sunday on statement by Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU Commi?ioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, about Serbia's ombudsman that it was not a way to communicate with a sovereign country like Serbia.

Albanian officer killed in Spain while trafficking drugs

TIRANA -- Albanian Army Major Sokol Feka was the pilot of a helicopter that crashed yesterday in Spain while transporting narcotics from Morocco.

Feka served in the Albanian military for 18 years and was made major in 2009. He is described as "a pilot who enjoyed the highest degree of trust."

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met with African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on the first day of the African Union Executive Council's session in Addis Ababa on Monday.

ADDIS ABEBA - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic has met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in Addis Abeba.

During Sunday's meeting, Dacic thanked Adhanom for Ethiopia's principled position regarding the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo-Metohija, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Chinese Ambassador in Belgrade Li Manchang delivered his country's donation to the total value of USD 1.63 million to Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic.

Dacic expressed gratitude for the donation to the Chinese ambassador and underscored that it points to the good relations between Serbia and China.