In Kosovo

BRUSSELS - In conclusions adopted at a Brussels summit on Friday, the European Council said Belgrade and Pristina must "pursue sustained de-escalation efforts, as well as ensure the holding of new elections in the north of Kosovo as soon as possible, with the active participation of Kosovo Serbs," and added that failure to de-escalate tensions would have consequences.

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's meeting with European officials in Brussels concluded shortly after 3 pm on Thursday.

Previously, the European officials spoke with Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

Immediately after the meeting, Kurti left without speaking to the media, a Tanjug reporter said.

Previously, European officials spoke with the Prime Minister of Pristina's temporary institutions, Aljbin Kurti, who left immediately after the meeting, without giving statements to journalists.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will be on a one-day visit to Brussels on Thursday for meetings with many European officials.

"If there are no punishments and sanctions for Serbia after what they have done, there will definitely be no dialogue. We will end up without success in managing the crisis and we will completely forget about normalization," said Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

He agreed with the new plan as a framework for continuing talks with the USA, Germany, France and Italy, which, as stated, should ensure a strong security component, but also strengthen the perspective of membership in international organizations, Koha reported.

At the summit in Brussels, EU leaders will call on Belgrade and Pristina to calm tensions, hold elections, implement the Agreement on the Road to Normalization and form the CSM.

NEW YORK - In his latest semi-annual report on the work of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Belgrade and Pristina to "exercise restraint and refrain from taking unilateral actions that could lead to heightened tensions and further escalation."

STRASBOURG - The European Parliament passed a "Resolution on the recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue" on Thursday.

The document is not legally binding and any recommendations in it require a consensus of EU member states.

BELGRADE - A "Big Five" comprised of the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak and envoys of the presidents of the US, France and Germany and the PM of Italy - Gabriel Escobar, Emmanuel Bonne, Jens Plattner and Francesco Tallo - will visit Serbia again by the end of this month, a source in the Presidency of Serbia confirmed to Tanjug on Tuesday.