Miroslav Lajcak

Nobody in the international community is seriously thinking about "Dayton 2," says UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak.

The idea concerns "redefining" the Dayton Peace Accord signed in 1995 to ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

The United States has informed the United Nations that it will no longer participate in the Global Compact on Migration.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak in New York Thursday, noting the UN is the most significant international organisation for protecting Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Vucic and Lajcak discussed plans for a UN reform as well as Serbia's role in the organisation and the situation in the Western Balkans.

NEW YORK - Conferences are opportunities for informal meetings and conversations, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said following Monday's encounter with US President Donald Trump at the UN headquarters.

BRATISLAVA - Bringing the EU perspective closer to the Western Balkans would reduce the nationalist rhetoric there, says Slovak FM Miroslav Lajcak.

Bulgaria and Romania should become members of the Schengen Area as the countries have met the accession criteria and the delay is caused by political reasons, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said, reported Sputnik.

BELGRADE - The EU is getting farther away from the Western Balkans, an area that is natural to it, with growing popular frustration in the region over the lack of a tangible EU, says Slovak FM Miroslav Lajcak, who will soon take over as president of the United Nations General Assembly.

BRUSSELS - Slovak FM Miroslav Lajcak has confirmed Serbia would at Tuesday's intergovernmental conference open new chapters in its EU accession talks, but could not specify how many chapters would be opened.

The European Union on Dec. 13 wrestled with a rift over Turkey's EU membership bid after Austria led calls for the accession process to be halted over Ankara's post-coup crackdown.

BRUSSELS - Slovakia supports the opening of new negotiation chapters between the EU and Serbia and it will try to accelerate this process, Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said at a meeting with Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin.