Following the brutal slaying of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, analysts from both Serbia and Kosovo fear for the future of the EU-led dialogue, which was already in trouble.

Serbia has put the EU-led dialogue with Kosovo on hold until the murdered Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic’s killers are found.

Meanwhile, analysts from both Serbia and Kosovo are warning that the future of the dialogue now looks very uncertain, despite EU pressure for the talks between Serbia and its ex-province to resume.

EU spokesperson Maja Kocijancic told BIRN that the murder on Tuesday in Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo, was deplorable but added that investigations to identify the perpetrators were underway.

She confirmed that this week’s technical meetings had been suspended to allow the two sides to focus on the follow-up to the tragic event.

"The EU is working with the two sides on resuming these meetings as soon as possible. The full implementation of agreements reached within the dialogue are obligations that both sides took and determine the speed of their advancements on the EU path," Kocijancic underlined.

See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/future-of-serbia-pristina-dialogue-on-hold-01-17-2018