Belgrade–Pristina negotiations

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday in Brussels Belgrade had done absolutely everything to find a solution in the wake of Pristina's unilateral and violent decision to ban the Serbian dinar and Serbian cash operations in Kosovo-Metohija but that Pristina wanted no solution to be found.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Interior confirmed to Tanjug on Thursday four members of the so-called Kosovo Police had been detained at a border crossing with Croatia on Wednesday and that one of them - a deputy director of Pristina's police - was being held by Serbian authorities.

The ministry said they had been detained for security checks at the Batrovci crossing.

BRUSSELS - Belgrade's delegation, headed by the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic and also comprised of financial experts, met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak in Brussels on Thursday morning.

The meeting began shortly before 10 am, a Tanjug reporter said.

SOFIA - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak announced on Monday a new meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue would be held in Brussels next week to discuss the use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija, and said he hoped an arrangement would be finalised based on the EU's ideas.

BRUSSELS - A trilateral meeting of EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak and the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina, Petar Petkovic and Besnik Bislimi, began in Brussels on Thursday morning as part of a new round of the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Tuesday Pristina must urgently deliver on its commitment to form a Community of Serb Municipalities.

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Monday Belgrade had understood well the Western policy of double standards after Pristina had not only not been punished for sabotaging the normalisation process but had even been rewarded with prospects of membership in some international organisations.

BRUSSELS - A bilateral meeting of Belgrade and EU delegations, headed by the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic and EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, respectively, was concluded in Brussels on Monday afternoon.

Earlier, the EU representatives met with Pristina's delegation, headed by Besnik Bislimi.

BRUSSELS - A bilateral meeting of EU representatives with Pristina's delegation is underway in Brussels, to be followed by a Belgrade-EU bilateral meeting.

The meeting with the Pristina delegation began following the conclusion of a trilateral meeting of Belgrade, Pristina and EU representatives after over 3.5 hours of discussions.

WASHINGTON - The US State Department believes the EU-facilitated dialogue is the proper channel for resolving issues related to normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and that discussions about the Serbian dinar should continue with urgency, says principal deputy spokesperson for the US State Department Vedant Patel.