First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic received UK Ambassador to Belgrade Denis Keefe today.

Ambassador Keefe handed to Minister Dacic an invitation letter from UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson for participation in the upcoming Western Balkans Summit to be held in London on 9-10 July 2018, in the framework of the Berlin Process.

The event will be the fifth in a series of Western Balkans Summits held since German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched the Berlin Process as an informal initiative, in August 2014.

In the meeting, Minister Dacic and Ambassador Keefe exchanged views on the topics and expectations related to the forthcoming London Summit, particularly in the fields of regional cooperation, security and economic cooperation.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic informed Ambassador Keefe of the activities that the Republic of Serbia carried out so far in the framework of the Berlin Process, as well as of its priorities at the incoming WB Summit in London.

During the talk, Minister Dacic and Ambassador Keefe also exchanged views on the current and upcoming activities on the bilateral level.

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Acting Assistant Minister of Security Policy Ambassador Branimir Filipovic received today James Mackey, Head of the Euro-Atlantic and Global Partnership Office, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, during his visit to Belgrade, where he participated in the Final Planning Conference on Serbia 2018 Disaster Management Field Exercise, to be jointly organized with the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), and to be held in Serbia next October.

The interlocutors discussed the former and future activities within the political dialogue, as well as the specific forms of cooperation between Serbia and NATO through the Partnership for Peace in different areas, particularly related to joint activities in preparing the new cycle of Individual Partnership Action Plan between Serbia and NATO, as the foremost mechanism of cooperation between NATO and a partner country not aspiring to NATO membership.

An assessment was made that the preparations for the up-coming civilian field exercise “Serbia 2018” were unfolding very well, and that the announcement of a large number of exercise participants was particularly encouraging.
The talks underlined the KFOR role, under UNSC resolution 1244 and the Military-Technical Agreement, in the preservation of peace and stability in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the importance of the implementation of all commitments undertaken, based on the Brussels Agreement.

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First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic welcomed at “Nikola Tesla” Airport today President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, who is on a visit to the Republic of Serbia.

Minister Dacic wished a warm welcome to President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, and expressed great pleasure at her visit, offering an opportunity to promote political dialogue at the highest level, as well as the bilateral relations between the countries.

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