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Serbia's Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Friday in St. Petersburg with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the Serbian government announced.

Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic is participating in the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, the government has announced.

Serbia has guest country status at the event, taking place May 31-June 2.

The Development Partnership Framework between the Serbian government and the UN Country Team for the period from 2016 to 2020 has been signed in Belgrade.

The document was inked by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Karla Robin Hershey.

Maintaining stability is of vital importance for our country, as is a clear orientation of all countries in the region towards a more intensive cooperation.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Tuesday, adding that this was the case "because only in such a region can Serbia have a sustainable development."

The government will "continue to fight to preserve sovereignty and territorial integrity," First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday.

Serbia will also remain commitment to EU integration, good neighborly relations, and military neutrality, he said during the marking of Serbian Diplomacy Day in Belgrade.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Friday denied media reports that Skopje was asking Belgrade to withdraw Serbian embassy adviser Goran Zivaljevic.

Dacic described the reports as "utter untruths."

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Wednesday with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Yee.

The two officials discussed topics related to bilateral cooperation, regional stability, the European path of Serbia, as well as the continuation of the Brussels dialogue, the Serbian government announced.

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Wednesday with the Egyptian candidate for director-general of UNESCO, Moushira Khattab.

President of the Surdulica Municipal Assembly and member of Serbia's National Assembly Novica Toncev (SPS) says his party is "losing its identity."

In an interview for the local weekly Vranjske Toncev warned that the Socialists (SPS) - led by First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic - could "disappear from the political scene."

BELGRADE/BRUSSELS - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic has met in Brussels with Angelina Eichhorst, European External Action Service Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey.