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Dacic holds bilateral meetings on sidelines of UN General Assembly

Belgrade/New York, 21 September 2016

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly (UN GA).

Dacic met with Foreign Minister of Iraq Ibrahim Al-Jaafari and the two officials agreed that bilateral relations are good and that they are not burdened by any problems.

Also, it was noted that there is great room for improvement of economic cooperation, which will be discussed in details during the bilateral visit of Minister Al-Jaafari to Belgrade, which had already been agreed.

Dacic expressed his gratitude once more for the principled position of Iraq regarding Kosovo-Metohija.

Author: Tanjug

The Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister informed Foreign Minister of Palestine Riyad Al-Maliki about the progress of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and he confirmed that he will soon visit Palestine, as it had been agreed.

Al-Maliki suggested that during his visit a joint business council should be formed to work on the improvement of economic relations between Serbia and Palestine.

He stressed that in international relations many often try to compare Palestine with "Kosovo", which is absolutely unacceptable.

Author: Tanjug

Dacic also spoke with his counterpart from Morocco Salaheddine Mezouar, whom he thanked for Morocco's position regarding the issue of Kosovo-Metohija.

He informed his interlocutor about the progress in dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, and asked that Morocco remains true to the principles of respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Morocco's Foreign Minister extended an invitation to Serbia to participate in a UN conference on the highest level on climate change, to be held in Morocco from 7 to 18 November, and also invited Dacic to make a bilateral visit to that country.

Dacic spoke with US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Sarah Sewell about the refugee and migrant crisis.

Sewell positively assessed efforts that Serbia is investing in the care for refugees and its attempts to try and find a final solution.

The two officials looked at a number of other issues, such as civil sector work, freedom of expression and freedom of the media.

Sewell particularly stressed the importance of the fight against violent extremism and welcomed the accession of Novi Pazar to the network of cities that are getting connected in the fight against violent extremism, and expressed hope that other Serbian cities will do the same, according to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.