Marko Djuric

The Serbs announced their exit after last week's incidents and arrest of Serbian official Marko Djuric.

Krasniqi, from the ruling PDK, said the Serb List could now return, considering that Interior Minister Flamur Sefaj has resigned.

Kosovo Interior Minister Flamur Sefar has said his sacking on Tuesday was sought by Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj following the controversial arrest and deportation of six Turkish citizens.

Haradinaj said that he had not been duly informed about the "secret and urgent deportation" of the six Turkish nationals.

Brnabic revealed that the meeting was for the most part dedicated to the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, and that she "never saw Vucic so disappointed by the reactions of our partners."

"The situation has been difficult during the past weeks, and I think everything that has happened is a precedent of sorts," she said.

Speaking for Pink TV, Dacic said he always stood for "finding a compromise solution" for the Kosovo-Metohija issue - one that would "remove the cause of conflict."

The Serbian president said this on Friday, apparently in reference to the deadline Serb representatives in Kosovo gave authorities in Pristina to form the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), before they do it themselves.

Setting up the ZSO is Pristina's obligation stemming from the 2013 EU-brokered Brussels agreement.

In an interview with BIRN's TV show Jeta ne Kosove, the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said the authorities were investigating why the head of Serbia's Kosovo office, Marko Djuric, was paraded publicly through the streets in handcuffs after his arrest.

The defense minister also told TV Pink on Friday that the EU has "recognized that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic must be talked with it they want peace in the region" - because the situation "came to the edge" after Monday's incidents in Kosovo when Serbian official Marko Djuric was arrested.

Speaking in the Serbian National Assembly on Thursday, the prime minister noted that the formation of the ZSO was a part of the Brussels agreement - brokered by the EU in 2013, within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - and that "it must be implemented."

Daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting this, adding that Russian diplomats have been instructed to point out to the failures of KFOR and EULEX - the NATO and EU missions in Kosovo - as well as to the violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 - all with the aim of "reinforcing Belgrade's position."

According to the statement, Putin and Vucic "discussed matters related to the Kosovo settlement in the context of the provocative action against Director of the Serbian Governments Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric, taken by the Pristina authorities in Kosovska Mitrovica on March 26."