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Bilateral meetings of Dacic at OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje

Skopje/Belgrade, 30 November 2023

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic had several bilateral meetings today, on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje.

During the talks with Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, it was stated that the relations between the two countries are good and the mutual willingness to further strengthen the mutual dialogue was confirmed.

The Finnish side confirmed support for the European integration process of Serbia and the continuation of its expert assistance.

Dacic previously met with Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Matteo Mecacci.

At the meeting, it was noted that the cooperation to date between Serbia and ODIHR has been conducted in a friendly manner, at the level of partnership and with mutual trust, with the aim of improving the electoral process, strengthening democratic institutions and implementing reforms in the priority areas for our country.

In the conversation of the First Deputy Prime Minister with State Secretary of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Laurence Boone, the commitment was expressed to maintain the reached level of overall relations and to continue strengthening them.

The head of Serbian diplomacy also spoke in Skopje with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro Filip Ivanovic, expressing his satisfaction with the greater degree of cooperation between the officials and institutions of Serbia and Montenegro.

The interlocutors expressed the expectation that the two countries will continue to resolve all open issues through dialogue in a mutually acceptable manner, because good relations between Serbia and Montenegro are important not only for the citizens of the two countries, but for overall stability in the region as well.

Dacic also met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, with whom he discussed bilateral issues and exchanged opinions about the challenges and problems that the OSCE is currently facing, as well as the possibilities for overcoming them, so that this organization could continue functioning.

In a friendly conversation with Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg, he discussed the European integration of Serbia and the current situation in the region, as topics of common interest.

During the talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto, the First Deputy Prime Minister exchanged opinions on the upcoming joint activities, but also on the situation in the OSCE and the possibilities for making decisions that will enable the continuation of the functioning of this organization.

On the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council, Dacic had the opportunity to meet briefly with Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen.