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A press release said that Vucic would address reporter in the building of the General Secretariat of the president of the Republic.

Vucic was on Thursday the host to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised Kosovo's decision to form an army on Thursday, after meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who said that Belgrade had received "significant support" from the Russian President on the issue of Kosovo.

BIRN journalists in Serbia on Thursday held up banners asking Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had arrived in Belgrade, to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and to respect human rights.

"Free journalists," said a banner in Serbian, Russian and English held from the windows of the BIRN office, close to where supporters of Putin in Serbia were gathering for a rally.

She also reiterated that "great attention is being paid to creativity."

At the First Digital Dialogue of Serbia and Russia, organized on Thursday as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Serbia, Brnabic pointed out that our country is investing in education, incentive business environment and e-government in order to be successful in the digital era.

"He is not bringing a solution, he is asking us what the solution is. We have been regularly exchanging information with (the Russians) in the last five or six years, ever since the time I was the prime minister," the Serbian foreign minister and first deputy PM told the N1 broadcaster at the Palace of Serbia, where Putin was officially welcomed.

Honor Guards of the Serbian Army also took part in the red carpet ceremony.

Putin's plane touched down at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport at 13:06 hours CET.

An hour earlier, another Russian Federation plane, carrying a Russian business delegation, landed in the Serbian capital.

The gathering will be held in Beijing on April 25-27, Tanjug reported, citing a press release from the Serbian president's office.

Dacic welcomed his colleague and friend Lavrov and expressed great satisfaction to meet him again, the Serbian foreign ministry said in a press release, cited by the government.

Dacic "once again stressed that the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is an event of great importance in the long history of friendly relations between the two countries."

Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting his Serbian counterpart on Thursday, when they will sign a series of agreements and memorandums, highlighting the warmth between the two Slavic allies, reported BalkanInsight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his visit to Serbia, starting Thursday, would focus on military cooperation and upgrading Serbia's defence. Agreements due to be signed will include one on the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.