Dacic: SPS supports establishment of movement

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday his Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) supported the establishment of a movement that would unify the activities of Serbia's ruling coalition and all other patriotic parties.

"There will definitely be discussions in the coming days about modalities for cooperation and running together in the upcoming local elections," Dacic said in a statement.

He said the SPS maintained very good cooperation with the Serbian Progressive Party - the main party in the ruling coalition - and that it was proud of what it had done together with Aleksandar Vucic in the past 11 years.

"The SPS supports the establishment of a movement unifying the activities of the ruling coalition and all other patriotic parties," Dacic said, noting that he, too, was an advocate of the initiative.

"President Vucic and I have discussed this several times in the past years - the need for a joint approach to defending national and state interests while retaining the identities of the parties that would make up the movement," he said.