Today's edition of Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti writes that there is less chance of fulfilling the Brussels plan to end the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina before the beginning of 2019, the article adds that Serbia does not adhere to a dictated solution and that the discussion about demarcation is not a taboo topic any more.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said a solution for Kosovo and Metohija is not on the table and it should be patiently looked for, FoNet news agency reported,
Dacic made these remarks in a conference “Western Balkan Security Challanges and Serbia” organized by the Centre for Foreign Policy in Belgrade.
“An idea on delineation that was presented is an option Aleksandar Vucic publicly mentioned and it should yet be a topic of discussion, since the talks did not move ahead in the sense of something concrete, but ideas and options were presented,” Dacic noted.
The Association of Families Kidnapped and Killed in Kosovo and Metohija today, in a letter to US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott and EU High Representative Federika Mogherini, questions why there are no Albanians who did not commit crimes in the negotiations in Brussels, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
"Can honest Albanians, who did not commit crimes and whose hands are not bloodied, go to Brussels to the negotiations? Only with them an agreement and reconciliation would be possible," the letter reads.
US Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott will hold a series of meetings in Pristina with Kosovo officials and other prominent individuals.
Answering to Tanjug's question regarding the topics of the upcoming talks Ambassador Scott will have in Pristina, the American embassy in Belgrade replied that he would meet with them in order to hear their opinions and learn more about the situation in the region.
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott told Radio Television Serbia (RTS) that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina should enter a more intensive phase and expresses the hope that the compromise will be reached "perhaps even this year".
Scott told RTS that neither Belgrade nor Pristina will get everything they want, but that it is important that both sides come to a compromise.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says that Serbia is working on continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in the same format, under the auspices of the EU, but this problem cannot be solved without great powers, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs about the comment of the US ambassador to Serbia on the occasion of the incident in village Petric, near Klina in Kosovo.
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott estimates the incident in Petric further highlights the need to work on an agreement on a comprehensive normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, which, as he believes, must be ensured the security of Serbs in Kosovo.
USA Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott thinks that question whether ZSO should be established in line with the Brussels agreement or Kosovo laws is contradictory, as according to him, Brussels agreement also says that what would be approved must be in line with Kosovo and Serbia’s laws, RTS reported.
USA supports steps made in the direction of establishing the ZSO, Scott said, adding he expects difficult negotiations, but thinks that recent happenings related to the ZSO are a step forward.
Vecernje Novosti is reporting that Aleksandar Vucic is under tremendous pressure from the US not to have Aleksandar Vulin become Serbia's defense minister.
However, continues the Belgrade-based newspaper, the Serbian president and leader of the ruling SNS party is determined to entrust him with that duty.