First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Ivica Dacic received today the OSCE Chair's Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, who will hold this position during the Swiss-Serbian consecutive chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014-2015.

In the meeting they discussed the current activities of Special Representative Stoudmann, as well as the plans for his activities under the Serbian OSCE chairmanship in 2015. Support was given to the Special Representative's intention to focus his activities on improving and promoting regional cooperation.

Noting a very good cooperation with the Swiss side in the context of the OSCE consecutive chairmanship, Minister Dacic expressed his conviction that activities of Ambassador Stoudmann would be one of the important elements of the two chairmanships in the future, as well.