Lavrov will meet in Belgrade with the acting head of the OSCE

The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov on the last working day of the week will hold in the capital of Serbia dialogue with the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of foreign Affairs of Serbia, the OSCE Chairman Ivica Dacic.
There will also be the meeting of Lavrov with President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Alexandar Vucic, reports news Agency.
The main issue at the talks with Dacic is the interaction with the OSCE in the context of the Serbian chairmanship in the organization. On the bilateral track, As planned, the parties will pay attention to the cooperation in the gas sphere with the Russian plans of construction of the pipeline " Turkish stream ". According to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in the process of contact regarding Dacic is expected to discuss cooperation in the OSCE with regard to the Serbian chairmanship in 2015." Listing the issues on the negotiation agenda, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stressed that the OSCE is chaired by Belgrade plays an important role in helping to resolve the internal conflict in Ukraine." The Russian side is ready to further mediation work within the Contact group on Ukraine, to support the Special monitoring mission of the OSCE in this country, " added the staff of the foreign Ministry. Among other topics on the subject of the OSCE - the continuation of the process of "Helsinki plus 40" to find ways of strengthening European security, as well as the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the end of world war II. Russia also plans to raise the issue of conduct within the organization of the conference on combating Christianophobia. An important issue in the process of meetings could be the situation in Macedonia, where not so long ago was a major armed confrontation employees of the police Department with the militants." Additional efforts of the OSCE to stabilize the Balkans, most importantly, in light of the complications of the situation in Macedonia, " said the Russian depodesta. As Lavrov said on arrival in Belgrade on Thursday, " in a difficult situation on our continent the presidency of Serbia and himself Ivica Dacic in the OSCE is a good guarantee that we will achieve a balanced, balanced and acceptable to all results ". In the context of bilateral relations, As planned, increased attention will be paid to energy issues. The authorities of Serbia and Among them the country's leader Tomislav Nikolic expressed understanding in connection with the cancellation of plans for the construction of the gas pipeline " South stream ", which was obliged to pass through Serbia, but at the same time expressed concern regarding the prospects of energy security of the country. For example, in connection with the project of gas pipeline "Turkish stream" Nikolic noted that the gasket may prevent the European Commission, As it has already happened with the " South stream ". In addition, the concern of Belgrade called dubbed "Gazprom" plans to stop the transit of gas through Ukraine in 2018-2019. In the Russian foreign Ministry yesterday's visit of Lavrov expressed confidence in the success of further cooperation with Serbia in the energy sector, " Both in terms of gas supplies from Russia to Serbia on the existing route, and in relation to the initiative of the establishment on the border of Turkey with Greece's biggest gas hub for the subsequent supply of the countries of South-Eastern Europe ".


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