Lajcak: Community of municipalities crucial, German-French plan solution

BELGRADE - EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Friday in Belgrade the "overdue implementation of the association of the community of Serbian-majority municipalities is a crucial element for stability."

Speaking to reporters after a meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and five international envoys, Lajcak said the envoys remained convinced "the (German-French) plan we presented in September and discussed today is the best way for normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo and for European integration of the region."

"Our work will continue without delay," he said.

Lajcak and four other envoys - US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar, the foreign policy aides of the French president and the German chancellor, Emmanuel Bonne and Jens Plotner, and the diplomatic adviser to the...