Serbia will continue to insist on Brussels agreement

NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Friday that Serbia expects the political vacuum to be overcome now that the government in Pristina has been constituted, which should contribute to the continuation of implementation of agreements reached so far in the Brussels dialogue.

We expect the continuation of the high-level dialogue in Brussels on February 9 to deliver an additional incentive to the launched process of normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, Dacic said at the session of the UN Security Council on Kosovo.

He called on political leaders in the province to invest additional efforts in the continuation of the dialogue, primarily with regard to the best interests of the population in Kosovo-Metohija, now that the political process in Pristina has been unblocked and the conditions for such a step have been created.

The Serbian minister said that Belgrade expects the EU to continue facilitating the dialogue with Pristina through its active engagement.

We believe that the commitment to European integration constitutes the main driving force in the normalisation of the Belgrade-Pristina relations, the Serbian foreign minister said.

He underscored that the Serbian government will continue investing active efforts in the implementation of the Brussels agreement (on normalisation of the Belgrade-Pristina relations) with a view to ensuring peace, economic prosperity and reconciliation.

He expressed the satisfaction with the fact that the report filed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recognised the importance of constitution of the Community of Serb municipalities which has been defined as a key point in the immediate continuation of the implementation of the...