Ministry of Foreign Affairs

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with Cypriot FM Constantinos Kombos in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday dismissed as untrue claims by Croatia's FM Gordan Grlic Radman and the country's foreign ministry that Zagreb's decision to declare a consul at the Serbian embassy in Croatia a persona non grata was a reciprocal measure.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided on Monday to declare Croatian diplomat Hrvoje Snajder persona non grata in accordance with Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic and consular relations.

Snajder is first secretary at the Croatian embassy in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic spoke with candidates for defence envoys who are undergoing preparations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be posted abroad.

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis traveled to Brussels on Sunday to take part in the EU's Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday.

The meeting will focus on the crisis in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the European Economy Security Strategy, reported the Foreign Ministry.

In a contentious response to the European Commission's annual enlargement report, Turkey has denounced the assessment as "unfair and biased." The report, which scrutinizes the progress of nine countries seeking EU membership, cited Turkey's "serious backsliding" on democratic standards, the rule of law, human rights, and the independence of the judiciary.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attended a conference by the German foreign ministry devoted to the enlargement of the European Union and reforming it before accepting new members.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met on Tuesday with senior Japanese foreign ministry official Kimitake Nakamura, who is in Belgrade for regular bilateral political consultations between the foreign ministries of Serbia and Japan.

Nakamura holds the position of deputy director-general for European affairs and Western Balkans ambassador.

NEW YORK - On the first day of a visit to New York, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic held bilateral meetings with the FMs of 18 countries including Cyprus, Nepal, Armenia, Burkina Faso and the UAE on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly session.

JAKARTA - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn on the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN summit in Jakarta on Tuesday.