Serbian government

BELGRADE - Serbia and Suriname are working together on improving their bilateral cooperation, the Serbian government said in a statement after PM Ana Brnabic received Surinamese FM Albert Ramdin on Monday.

In a friendly and cordial conversation, Brnabic noted that Serbia and Suriname were connected by close diplomatic and political ties, the government said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic received San Marino's Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications Luca Beccari on Tuesday and thanked him for supporting Serbia's successful bid to host EXPO 2027.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at a meeting with Venezuelan FM Yvan Gil Pinto in Belgrade on Friday Serbia was interested in advancement of its cooperation with Venezuela in agriculture, tourism, health care and culture, and noted that agreements signed earlier in the day were of great significance to both countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic confirmed on Friday the Serbian government had suspended exports of arms and military equipment for 30 days at the proposal of President Aleksandar Vucic as commander-in-chief.

JAKARTA - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states on Wednesday unanimously approved Serbia's request to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, the Serbian government's press office announced in a statement.

The decision was made at the 56th plenary meeting of ASEAN FMs in Jakarta, which ended on Wednesday.

Serbian Economy Minister Rade Basta, who has been actively calling for joining the sanctions against Russia, has been removed from his post after a vote by MPs in parliament, Serbian media reported.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the PMs of The Netherlands and Luxembourg, Mark Rutte and Xavier Bettel, in Belgrade on Monday evening, and said their visit to Serbia represented a unique and a very important political event.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Belgrade Osamah bin Dakhel Al Ahmadi, who presented to her a letter from the country's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud with an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia in the period to come to exchange views on bilateral ties and international affairs of mutual interest in person.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - On behalf of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, Srpska lista demanded on Monday that the Serbian government declare Pristina's parapolice, special and intelligence units in the north of the province as terrorist organisations as they were jeopardising peace in the region, with "unforeseeable consequences for the future of the Western Balkans and even entire Europe."

Dozens of locals gathered on Tuesday in the town of Gracanica, close to the capital Pristina in central Kosovo, in the latest of a series of demonstrations against last week's arrest of a Kosovo Serb man on war crime charges.

They held up banners and placards with slogans like "Freedom for all the arrested Serbs" and pledges of trust in Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.