Belgrade–Pristina negotiations

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday he had had a very productive and constructive discussion with ambassadors of EU member states at the seat of the EU Delegation to Serbia about a unilateral decision by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti to abolish the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Monday a continuation of high-level dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina was possible "any time when there is willingness to meet and when there is an agenda to discuss," adding that the EU did not speculate on any upcoming meeting.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Friday the Brussels and Ohrid agreements from the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue were legally binding in their entirety to both parties and that their comprehensive implementation was an integral part of the parties' EU paths.

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill told Tanjug in an interview that he had "found a lot of good will for Serbia" in the EU, "but not a lot of good will for Serbia's problems."

Hill said this in response to a question whether he believed agreements from the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should become a part of Chapter 35 in Serbia's EU accession talks.

Special Representative of the European Union for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajak, pointed out that today's talks in Brussels were useful for progress.
Lajak spoke with Petkovi and Bislimi in separate meetings today. The three-way meeting did not take place.

Earlier today, Lajak met with the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovi.
Last week, Lajcak was in Pristina, where he pointed out that the goal of his visit was to lay the foundations for the upcoming meeting of the main negotiators, which was announced for November 16.

PARIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is attending the Paris Peace Forum, said on Friday afternoon the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue would be a topic of discussions in Paris in the evening, but noted that he did not believe there would be any progress in the dialogue as long as Albin Kurti was at the helm of the Pristina interim authorities.

BRUSSELS - The next technical-level meeting of the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina, Petar Petkovic and Besnik Bislimi, will be held in Brussels on November 16, diplomatic sources have told Tanjug.

The parties last met in Brussels on October 26, when EU representatives held separate meetings with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic confirmed to Tanjug on Monday Pristina had rejected an invitation to a new round of technical dialogue between chief negotiators scheduled for November 7, while Belgrade had accepted it.

BELGRADE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Belgrade on Tuesday implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, reached in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, was a precondition on the EU path.