Belgrade–Pristina negotiations

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.

BRUSSELS - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday that, at a Brussels meeting with Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, Belgrade's delegation had pointed out everything that posed a difficulty for the survival of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - A trilateral meeting of the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina, Petar Petkovic and Besnik Bislimi, and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak concluded in Brussels at around 4.30 pm on Tuesday.

The meeting, which began at around 1 pm, lasted slightly over 3.5 hours.

BRUSSELS - A trilateral meeting of the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina, Petar Petkovic and Besnik Bislimi, and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak began in Brussels shortly before 1 pm on Tuesday.

Previously, a delegation of experts from Belgrade that was led by Petkovic met with an EU delegation headed by Lajcak.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell said on Monday the EU would keep putting pressure on Belgrade and Pristina to move forward in implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, reached a year ago.

BRUSSELS - The next meeting of chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels on Tuesday, March 19, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano confirmed on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak in Belgrade on Friday.

The meeting at the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic is scheduled for 6 pm, the presidential press office has announced in a statement.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with German Ambassador to Belgrade Anke Konrad, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic warned that an expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija and abolition of Serbian institutions in the province were the real reasons behind Pristina's ban on the Serbian dinar, which took effect on February 1.

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said in Brussels Belgrade's delegation in Tuesday's round of the dialogue with Pristina had demonstrated full commitment to solve problems and that a solution must be found to ensure dinar payments to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.