Quotes from Ivica Dacic

The time of Milosevic has long passed.

Serbia is open for business.

Serbia is blamed in advance for everything.

I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned from there.

For 10 years, Kosovo was taboo. No one could officially tell the truth.

As prime minister, I will never make a decision that will be an injustice to Serbia and its citizens.

Had someone from Serbia flown a 'Greater Serbia' flag in Tirana or Pristina, it would become an issue for the U.N. Security Council.

I invite you to leverage Serbia because we have talented young professionals who are multilingual, highly educated, and willing to work for competitive wages.

I have no private life, as I am constantly under police surveillance.

Discussing economic reforms in Serbia is futile.

Serbia will neither allow a revision of history, nor will it forget who are the main culprits in World War I.

Serbs can only leave Kosovo.

I was part of a government that tried to resolve the question of Kosovo by war. Perhaps there is some justice that today I should be the person most responsible for finding a peaceful solution.

A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.

An international presence in Serbia's Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia's participation, would be acceptable.

How can a country that is impoverished, humiliated and beaten defend its national interests?

Serbia stands firmly on the EU path.

We believe Slobodan Milosevic must be buried in his country, in Belgrade, at the Alley of Great Men.

There can be no unified southeastern Europe without Yugoslavia, and everything else is a continuation of political blackmail with which the Serb people and Yugoslavia were faced all these years.

We would like Serbia to become a member of the European Union as quickly as possible.

No one can undermine national unity.

The Serbian people certainly will never be an obstacle for the Montenegrins to have their own country.

Serbia has become a pariah nation, untouchable like a leper.

If Nord Stream was built in Europe, I see no reason why South Stream cannot be built as well.