OREANDA-NEWS. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic attended in New York the opening of the general debate of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly on "The Sustainable Development Goals: a universal push to transform our world".

On the margins of the general debate yesterday, Minister Dacic had highly successful bilateral meetings.

The Head of Serbian diplomacy had separate meetings with Foreign Minister of Palestine Dr. Riad Al-Malki, Foreign Minister of Iraq Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, and also Foreign Minister of Morocco Salaheddine Mezouar.

Minister Dacic yesterday in New York also met with U.S. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall.