Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) has finalized, on Tuesday, the list of polling stations established abroad for the upcoming presidential election, with 294 such polling stations following to be prepared for Romanian citizens outside the country borders who wish to exercise their right to vote on this occasion, a press release remitted to AGERPRES by MAE informs.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic received Friday Slovakia's Ambassador in Belgrade Jan Varso, who handed him a letter of invitation for a meeting of foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group member states and Western Balkan countries in Bratislava on October 31.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met in Belgrade Thursday with U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a release.

Dacic and Kirby discussed bilateral issues, European integration of Serbia and the process of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

Serbia "expects EU to appreciate its efforts"

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić says he expects EU members "to recognize and appreciate the efforts Serbia is investing in the process of EU integration."

In his opinion, this would allow the planned pace of the opening of first negotiation chapters by the end of 2014 to be maintained.

Over 450 polling stations will be open in 56 countries for the early parliamentary elections, Bulgaria's caretaker Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Katya Todorova told the national radio.

Romanian intelligence services are among the highest performing within NATO and appreciated accordingly, Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean told news website DC News on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met with Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manco Friday and discussed with him the process of Serbia's European integration and a forthcoming visit to Belgrade by members of the Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the Union (COELA).

BELGRADE - The EU integration of the Western Balkans has had a crucial influence on improving regional cooperation and settling issues through dialogue, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in Bled, Slovenia, on Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean received French State Secretary for European Affairs Harlem Desir on Tuesday; the two officials confirmed the roadmap of the bilateral strategic partnership and underlined the need of disseminating its current phase to the public in the two countries.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean called the European Union member states to keep in focus and analyse with the Community institutions the impact of regional evolutions on the Republic of Moldova.