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Serbia is "firmly committed to full membership in the EU, but also wants to strengthen friendships forged during the time of the Non-Aligned (Movement)."

President Tomislav Nikolic said this on Thursday in Belgrade during his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea Osman Saleh.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent an official invitation to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to visit China on March 30-31.

The invitation was presented to Nikolic by Chinese Ambassador Li Manchang during a meeting in Belgrade, Tanjug has reported.

Serbia has started a snap combat readiness inspection of its Armed Forces in accordance with the decision of Defense Minister Zoran Djordjevic and President Tomislav Nikolic, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia is an important stability factor in the W. Balkans, EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini said at a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic Friday.

She thanked Nikolic for his commitment to European integration, the presidential press office said in a statement.

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BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will meet with EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini in Belgrade on Friday.

Vucic and Mogherini are scheduled to speak to reporters at 2.30 pm, the Serbian government announced in a statement.

Nikolic to meet with Mogherini

Serbia is an important stability factor in the Western Balkans, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in Belgrade on Friday.

She made the remark during a meeting on Friday in Belgrade with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

The remains of three men listed as missing in Wednesday's explosion in a military facility in Kragujevac have been found.

This announcement was made late on Thursday by the Ministry of Defense, who named the victims as Captain Darko Kostic, and civilians Dejan Kovacevic and Zeljko Nikolic.

Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Maja Gojkovic set the country's presidential election for April 2.

In December 2016, media reported that the presidential elections in Serbia could take place on April 9, along with the possible early parliamentary elections.

BELGRADE - The relations between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have been set back 22 years by Bakir Izetbegovic's genocide lawsuit against Serbia, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Wednesday, noting Serbia's job was to preserve regional peace and stability, as well as to respond to the lawsuit and win the case.

BELGRADE - The only certain outcome of the upcoming presidential elections is that current PM Aleksandar Vucic will be the president of Serbia, says incumbent President Tomislav Nikolic.