Dacic: Slovenia's moves eroding its relations with Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday Serbia's charge d'affaires in Ljubljana had rejected allegations by the Slovenian foreign ministry about a statement by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic over which the diplomat had been summoned by the ministry.

"That is an inversion of reality because, instead of apologising to Serbia for violating its territorial integrity by recognising Kosovo-Metohija and for the fact the UN Security Council has violated all rules of attendance at sessions by allowing (the president of the interim institutions in Pristina, Vjosa) Osmani to bring alleged victims, without informing Serbia of that in any way - which has never happened in the UN before - Slovenian officials want an apology because Vucic expressed embitterment over such a move, which was evidently arranged beforehand," Dacic said.

He also said Serbia had supported Slovenia's election to the UNSC, while such moves by Ljubljana in international organisations eroded Serbian-Slovenian bilateral relations.

"It is unfair to shift the responsibility on Serbia, which is just reacting to Slovenia's moves," Dacic said.

Earlier in the day, Serbian charge d'affaires Goran Markovic was summoned by the ministry over allegedly insulting statements about Slovenia by Vucic following Monday's UNSC session on Kosovo-Metohija.