Dacic to begin three-day visit to Washington

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will on Tuesday begin a three-day visit to Washington during which he will attend the National Prayer Breakfast event and meet with high-ranking US officials tasked with Western Balkan affairs, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

The 3,500 attendees at the National Prayer Breakfast, held annually on the first Thursday in February, include the US president, US Congress members, politicians, military leaders and guests from around a hundred countries.

Dacic will also meet with several US officials including the State Department's special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar and the US state secretary's senior political counsellor Derek Chollet, the statement said.