By: Milan Simurdic

If Serbia’s path towards the EU hits a blockage and the country shifts toward Russia and China, former president Tomislav Nikolic could conceivably stage a political resurrection.

One year after he left the presidential office, Serbia’s former head of state, Tomislav Nikolic, is far from the public horizon.

Member of People’s Party Political Board and historian, Cedomir Antic said that the so-called internal dialogue on Kosovo issue was launched in order not to have a real dialogue, Serbian media reported.

Antic also added, that the government is trying to talk now when it has accepted the integration of the north of Kosovo under Pristina’s authority with the Brussels agreement.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has told UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin that Serbia is committed to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

Nikolic also said that the efforts of Serbia aimed at Kosovo not becoming a state are effective as long as the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, performs its role to the extent and in the manner as before, the president's cabinet announced, according to Beta.

Kontakt Plus radio reports that the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić will meet with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin.

As announced by the President's Office for cooperation with the media after the meeting a press release will follow.

And TV Most reports that the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will meet with UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin at the Palace "Serbia".

President Tomislav Nikolic said in New York that he insisted on several important topics during the UN Security Council meeting on Monday.

The meeting was dedicated to the latest report of the UN secretary-general on the work of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK.

According to Nikolic, among those topics was "how to influence Pristina to meet all its obligations under the Brussels agreement."

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said Tuesday that Belgrade and Pristina should forget the weapons and talk about everything, and hoped that no one would think of killing Serbs in Kosovo.

Asked by journalists to comment on the statement by the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić of Serbia's readiness to defend the Serbs in Kosovo with the weapons, Vučić answered the question: "Are you wondering whether someone will kill the Serbs."

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday in Belgrade received U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott.

Nikolic told him that he "understands the U.S. is unconditionally supporting a thing whose creation it directly influenced," and that Washington "caused a lot of trouble by exercising its will."

The president also expressed his hope that such conduct would stop when the new U.S. administration takes over.

Opposition DS party leader Dragan Šutanovac has accused President Tomislav Nikolić of "fueling further conflict and leading Serbs in Kosovo into new risks."

According to Sutanovac, Nikolic is doing this with his "warmongering statements." 

European Commissioner Johannes Hahn says that "must not be endangered what has already been achieved in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina," and that “must be looking forward, not backward."

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić says that the decision of the French Court to release the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj, presents an indication of rejection of the indictment of Serbia.

"I believe that the European Union has given such a directive to all member states," said Nikolić for Večernje Novosti.

Nikolić said that "in such relationships will not be justice for the innocent Serbian victims of war crimes committed by Albanians."