Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic / Photo from osce.org
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS (Radio Television of Serbia) on Tuesday that Serbia's Ambassador to Ukraine Rade Bulatovic, who was recently withdrawn for consultations, will most likely return to Kyiv next week, adding that he would continue with the practice of not receiving Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych – who will instead be meeting with his deputy and assistant, according to the Belgrade-based news website B92.
Commenting on the situation regarding Ukraine's ambassador, who recently said he was waiting for 14 months to be received by Dacic, the minister said foreign ambassadors in Serbia are "going too far in using our hospitality," B92 said.
"I ordered an overview of which foreign ministers around the world have received our ambassadors. Out of 70 embassies that we have, 26 (ambassadors) have never been received by (the host country's) minister, 18 have been received only once," Dacic said.
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"Rade Bulatovic, who is (Serbia's) ambassador in Kyiv, never went ahead and talked about their foreign policy. Let them do their job in line with the Vienna Convention," the minister said.
Dacic also remarked that he was not scared by much more powerful opponents and enemies that the Ukrainian ambassador could be.
Serbia should develop good relations with Ukraine, Dacic explained, adding that in two weeks' time he would speak with that country's foreign minister during an OSCE meeting in Vienna, Austria.