Ohrid Agreement

BELGRADE - The UK's Ambassador to Serbia Edward Ferguson told Tanjug on Friday a Community of Serb Municipalities should be established as soon as possible as it was an important part of dialogue and normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

BRUSSELS - Commenting on the 11th anniversary of the Brussels Agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Friday all commitments from that agreement as a valid document must be implemented, and noted that Pristina would face consequences in case it failed to form a Community of Serb Municipalities.

SOFIA - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak announced on Monday a new meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue would be held in Brussels next week to discuss the use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija, and said he hoped an arrangement would be finalised based on the EU's ideas.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Tuesday Pristina must urgently deliver on its commitment to form a Community of Serb Municipalities.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell said on Monday the EU would keep putting pressure on Belgrade and Pristina to move forward in implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, reached a year ago.

PRISTINA - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Tuesday he had met with Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi to discuss implementation of the Ohrid Agreement and the so-called Kosovo central bank's ban on the Serbian dinar and announced he would host a Brussels meeting of chief negotiators in the coming days.

BELGRADE - The signature on the Brussels Agreement is binding to Serbia, while the unsigned so-called Ohrid Agreement is not in the least so, former Security Information Agency director and Movement of Socialists founder Aleksandar Vulin said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday Belgrade had information EU member states that did not recognise the so-called Kosovo had requested clarification on a potential inclusion of the Ohrid Agreement into Chapter 35 of Serbia's EU accession talks and time to take positions that would not harm them and their interests.

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.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti had again tried, unsuccessfully, to shift the blame for the failure of dialogue on Belgrade.