Petkovic: Situation difficult, Bislimi's behaviour was scandalous

BRUSSELS - Speaking to reporters after Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said the dialogue was in a difficult state and that Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi had acted in a scandalous way.

Following a trilateral meeting with Bislimi and EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak, Petkovic said Belgrade's delegation had prepared for the meeting, coming with experts, proposals and all materials, "unlike Bislimi, who came on his own."

"When he was supposed to discuss major issues, such as establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities, the issue of missing persons, freedom of movement, issues that have to do with everyday life, institutional violence by (Pristina's PM Albin) Kurti, he did not want to provide concrete answers to that and he tried to make...