Dacic: Pristina to continue to avoid establishment of Community

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Monday Pristina had been working for a decade on avoiding the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities and would continue that policy in the next round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on Tuesday.

"Pristina will try to minimise the significance of the Community of Serb Municipalities, from its name, statute and steering team to its powers," Dacic told reporters after laying a wreath at the grave of Serbian Socialist Dimitrije Tucovic on International Workers' Day on behalf of the Socialist Party of Serbia.

Dacic noted that he had last week attended a UN Security Council session that had addressed the Community of Serb Municipalities among other topics and that the UN body had also discussed the same subject ten years ago.

"We heard the same thing ten years ago. Everyone was delighted...