First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic is on a visit to New York, where the General Debate of the 72nd regular session of the United Nations General Assembly will be held from 19-23 September 2017.

"The activities of the UN General Assembly were launched today, attended by a large number of world statesmen.

The activities began with the High-Level Meeting on the Reform of the United Nations System, co-chaired by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.S. President Donald Trump.

I took the opportunity to have brief talks with many participants of today's meeting. I talked to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, U.S. President Trump and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic will arrive in New York today, and we are looking forward to many meetings in the next five days", said the Serbian Foreign Minister.