Government of Kosovo

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday he had discussed with EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak an upcoming round of the Brussels dialogue and the political and security situation in Kosovo-Metohija, with special emphasis on an escalation of tensions in the north of the province by Pristina's PM Alb

As EU Spokesman Peter Stano announced yesterday, Lajcak will be in Kosovo today in order to prepare the next steps in the dialogue.
Lajcak will also visit Serbia tomorrow, where he will meet with President Aleksandar Vucic.

BRUSSELS - The EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says a draft statute of the Community of Serb Municipalities, presented by a management team at a May 2 meeting in Brussels, is not final, but that it is "an important starting point for the upcoming discussions on the Chief Negotiators' level."

BRUSSELS - A declaration on missing persons was adopted at a meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti in a new round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels on Tuesday.

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo meet in Brussels on Tuesday to continue talks on the implementation of a European Union-backed 11-point plan to normalize ties between the two, but tensions continue to simmer.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell has called a high-level meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels for Tuesday, May 2, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti have confirmed their participation.

NEW YORK - In a statement after Thursday's UN Security Council session on the work of UNMIK in Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said the fact the body's members had noted Pristina's obligation to form a Community of Serb Municipalities was the most important thing for Serbia.

'It is a critical question. We support the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina under the mediation of the EU, we appreciate the mediation efforts of Josep Borrell and Miroslav Lajak,'' he said and added that the so-called Kosovo and Serbia took a crucial step by signing the Brussels Agreement.

Kosovo on Thursday commemorated its annual Day of Forcibly Disappeared Persons with events intended to remember those who went missing during the 1998-99 war and to reiterate demands for justice.

Tonight in New York, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will discuss the new, six-month report of UN Secretary General Antnio Guterres on the work of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
At the session chaired by Russia, from 21:00 CET, both Serbia and Kosovo will be represented by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic and Donika Grvalla-Schwarz.