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Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has urged more than 120 countries that haven’t recognized Kosovo to support Serbia’s UN GA resolution.

Alternate Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas will pay visit to Belgrade on Friday in order to promote Greece’s initiative to reestablish talks between Belgrade and Pristina.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic on Thursday discussed the Kosovo issue and Serbia’s recent resolution on the topic, which it submitted to the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week.

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci urged the five EU member states, which have not yet recognized Kosovo’s independence to do so. Tachi explained that after the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, he expected that the EU would have a unified position on this issue. Thaci …

The Serbian mission at the United Nations today submitted Belgrade’s draft resolution on Kosovo to the UN General Assembly. The draft proposes that this body should adopt conclusions, related to the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion in the Kosovo case.

Ukraine will not recognize Kosovo’s independence. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry declared that the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague will not change Kiev’s position on Kosovo. According to ministry’s spokesperson, Ukraine backs the principles of territorial integrity of all countries within internationally recognized borders.

Republic of Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has stated that the the Bosnian Serb entity “will never abandon defending Serbia’s position on Kosovo”. He also said he would support Serbia “even when it makes mistakes”, but that he believes the going before the United Nations General Assembly will not have …

The EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has announced that Xavier Bout de Marnhac, a retired French army general, has been appointed as the new head of mission. Bout de Marnhac, who will succeed Yves de Kermabon, will take up his duties on October 15. His appointment is renewable for …

The Spanish government has decided to extradite war crimes suspect Veselin Vlahovic, known as the “Monster of Grbavica”, to BiH. Vlahovic was arrested in Spain in early March on suspicion of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. He is accused of the murder, rape, and torture of non-Serbs …

Republic of Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik said on Tuesday that Banja Luka supports the Serbian parliament’s new resolution on Kosovo. After his meeting with the leaders of RS political parties, Dodik told reporters that the Bosnian Serb entity will continue to back Serbia in its policy on Kosovo.