Politics of Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic and his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares on Friday discussed bilateral relations and Serbia's EU path.

In a post on the social media network X, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Dacic had had a telephone conversation with Albares to discuss "Serbia-Spain relations and Serbia's further steps on the path to the EU."

The member of the Presidency of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Besa Kabashi-Ramaj, has said that Serbia has superiority in the United Nations where the session of the UN Security Council is being held, called by the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic.
Kabashi-Ramaj said that Serbia has superiority in the UN since it is a member and Kosovo is not yet.

The session is being held at the request of Serbia, which requested it on Monday due to the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, and the request states, among other things, that the current situation is in sharp contrast to the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will address a special UNSC session on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija in New York on Thursday, the presidential press office has announced.

Serbia will be represented at the session by President Aleksandar Vui.

Whether the session will be open or closed to the public remains to be seen.

PRISTINA - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and UNMIK Head Caroline Ziadeh on Tuesday voiced "serious concern" over recent developments impacting the economic and social rights of Serbs and other non-majority communities in Kosovo-Metohija and called for all issues to be discussed within the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

The request was submitted to the Guyana Mission to the political adviser in the mission of this country, which is the chair of the United Nations Security Council.

BRUSSELS - European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said on Monday the EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak was working on getting the two sides back to the negotiating table but that no date of any upcoming activity could be announced at this time.

WARSAW - More than 10 per cent of Serbs have left Kosovo-Metohija over the past year under sustained pressure by Pristina, according to an International Crisis Group (ICG) report.

The report, titled "Toward Normal Relations between Kosovo and Serbia," said tensions in Kosovo-Metohija had risen since the advent of Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.