Aleksandar Vučić

BELGRADE- Serbia and the Western Balkans should become a part of the EU as soon as possible, Italian Deputy PM and FM Antonio Tajani said in Belgrade on Tuesday, thanking Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for the great efforts invested to reach a peaceful solution in the Balkans.

BELGRADE - Serbian and Italian officials signed 11 documents on bilateral cooperation in Belgrade on Tuesday.

The documents were inked at a Serbia-Italy business and research forum, held at the Palace of Serbia as part of an official visit to Serbia by an Italian state and business delegation.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday the volume of Serbia-Italy bilateral trade would become incomparably higher once Stellantis started manufacturing electric cars in Kragujevac, central Serbia, next year.

BELGRADE - Italian FM Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday in Belgrade Italy wanted greater presence in Serbia and the Balkans, which he noted had strategic significance.

The region must feel loved and valued by neighbouring countries, Tajani said.

BELGRADE- Italy is a sincere friend to Serbia and it has never been among the countries putting Serbia under grave pressure, but one that opened the door to cooperation, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday.

Vucic was speaking at the opening of a Serbia-Italy business and scientific forum, also attended by Italian FM Antonio Tajani.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday in Belgrade with Italian Deputy PM and FM Antonio Tajani, thanking him for his friendship and personal engagement towards taking the traditionally good friendly relations and strategic partnership between the two countries to an even higher level.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Italian Deputy PM and FM Antonio Tajani at Belgrade's Palace of Serbia on Tuesday.

After the meeting, Vucic and Tajani will attend a Serbia-Italy forum on business and scientific cooperation, the presidential press office announced in a statement.

BELGRADE - In a public address following Saturday's round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Ohrid, North Macedonia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that, as everywhere else, he had spoken there about Serbia's red lines concerning its opposition to a recognition of the so-called Kosovo and the territory's admission to the UN.

EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Josep Borrell said after the meeting that both parties will be bound by the agreement that will be part of their European path.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell on Saturday night, after a marathon meeting in Ohrid, North Macedonia, declared that Serbia and Kosovo had reached a deal on implementing the EU-backed plan for normalization of ties.

However, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic continued bickering at separate press conferences.