Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic told U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel that Serbs in Kosovo insist on executive powers for the community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in the fields of education, economic development, health care and spatial planning.

Stojanovic said to Engel, who is paying a multi-day visit to Kosovo, that this issue is of vital importance for the Serbs.

According to Stojanovic, the U.S. congressman agreed, but urged the Serbs to build their future in Kosovo on an equal footing.

Stojanovic also briefed Engel on the process of the Brussels dialogue on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, and the security situation of the Serbs in Kosovo.