Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had telephone conferences within preceding days to inform about the upcoming visit President Svjetozar Marovic of Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
Mr. Lavrov expressed Russian alarm with current outbreaks of interethnic violence in Kosovo, which took a heavy toll of lives and injured many.
Sergei Shoigu will visit Serbia and Montenegro on President Vladimir Putin's order. The Kosovo crisis dominated the agenda at a conference the federal President convened on Saturday to describe current violence as an anti-Serb ethnic purge.
Russian delegates are expected in Belgrade on Monday afternoon, as far as RIA Novosti knows. Vojislav Kostunica and the host country's other leaders will receive Mr. Shoigu, Tuesday morning. The delegation will go on to Podgorica, Montenegrin capital, Tuesday afternoon, to meet Montenegro's leaders at the negotiation table.
The delegation is scheduled to come back to Moscow, Wednesday night.
