Kosovo–Serbia relations

The end of Wednesday's UN Security Council on Kosovo session saw "a fierce debate" between Serbian FM Ivica Dacic and Kosovo's US ambassador, Vlora Citaku.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will participate at the UN Security Council session in New York on Wednesday.

The Serbian government announced this, noting that the session will discuss UN secretary-general's report on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, in the period from April 16 to July 15.

Rama on Tuesday hailed Vucic's initiative to address Serbia's relations with Kosovo through 'internal dialogue' - but said that the only solution could be the recognition of Kosovo's independence, which Belgrade rejects.

"However, when I put myself in Aleksandar's shoes, I realise that this is easier said than done," Rama said in an interview with the Serbian daily Blic.

Embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in a joint press release issued on Sunday voiced their concern at political deadlock in Kosovo, Gazeta Express reported.

President Aleksandar Vucic's comment this week that the country does not have the courage to change its constitution has revived speculation about alleged unofficial requests from EU states for Belgrade to drop its constitutional preamble which defines Kosovo as part of Serbia.

Serbia's president vowed to start a nationwide debate next month on unresolved relations with Kosovo and Albania, saying a "compromise" would fix most of his country's political problems for a century and open the way to European Union membership, according to Bloomberg. 

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Wednesday in Belgrade with Zahir Tanin, UN secretary-general's special representative and head of UNMIK.

The meeting came as part of Tanin's regular visit to Belgrade ahead of the upcoming UN Security Council session dedicated to the work of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo.

Serbia must accept and recognize the reality in Kosovo. The vast majority of UN and EU member states recognize Kosovo's independence. This is today's reality. This is written in an original text by former Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, who is also the leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement. Writes BGNES. 

The leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), Vuk Draskovic, believes that Serbia should "accept and recognize the Kosovo reality."

He also wants Martti Ahtisaari's 2007 plan to be accepted as "the basis for the continuation of the Brussels dialogue."

PODGORICA - Serbia has honoured most of the Brussels Agreement, and now it is Pristina's turn to fulfil what has been signed - our views on this are the same as those of global powers, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday.

First of all, Pristina must implement the Community of Serb Municipalities, said Brnabic, who is attending a US-Adriatic Charter summit in Podgorica.