The Russian Embassy in Belgrade said on Wednesday that “complex consultations” on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues were held in Moscow on Monday “at the level of the heads of the relevant units within the foreign ministries of Russia and Serbia.” “A strong mutual commitment to intensifying substantive dialogue in this important and responsible area was confirmed, with a view to joining efforts in the interest of strengthening national and international security,” the embassy said in a statement posted on Instagram.

Energy Minister Dubravka Đedović Handanović said on Wednesday that it would not be known until the last moment whether the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) would extend the license allowing Serbian oil company NIS to continue operating. 

Senior Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) official Branko Ružić could be expelled from the party on Saturday, Blic reported.