Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic stated on Wednesday that Serbia's foreign policy priorities in 2011 will remain the same, and those are progress towards the EU membership and a peaceful defence of the country's constitutional order.

Opening the ambassadors' conference in Belgrade, Jeremic said that Europe is Serbia's strategic priority, adding that the country's aim for 2011 is to receive a EU candidate status and that the date for beginning of EU accession negotiations be determined.

The minister pointed out that the Serbian diplomacy will try to prevent new recognitions of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and the possibility that Pristina authorities be accepted in international organizations which comprise sovereign states.

Jeremic also mentioned the report of Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty on human organ trafficking, in which Kosovo outgoing Prime Minister Hasim Taci is qualified as the boss of a criminal group that engaged in such activities.

Serbian President Boris Tadic will also address the conference of Serbian ambassadors from around the world, which is organized in Belgrade for the third time.

Special guest at the conference is Slovakia's Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda.