The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo are main advocates of the separation between Pristina and Belgrade, Shkëlzen Maliqi, Kosovo ’s political analyst tells the Belgrade Danas daily on Monday, warning about possible effects on Bosnia.

Speaking about the deals between Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci and about a final stage of the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, Maliqi, also a philosopher and an art critic, said it was interesting to what extent the two had similar stands.

Recognition of the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and maintaining a legal regime of protection for 44 facilities that represent special zones of Serbian cultural and religious heritage, will be among the key demands of Belgrade during the dialogue on a comprehensive solution for normalizing relations with Pristina, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.

The annexation of Serbia’s southern region advocated by Pristina and the ethnic Albanians from the Presevo Valley would be a partition of central Serbia not of Kosovo, Rasim Ljajic, Serbia’s Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, said on Thursday.

The Mayor of the Presevo Valley Bujanovac town told N1 that a longtime lack of willingness to include the ethnic Albanians into the state structures and in the society as a whole left an impression that Serbia didn’t want them.

President Aleksandar Vucic met on Wednesday in Belgrade with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Member Mladen Ivanic.

According to a press release from Vucic's office, during the conversation, he "stressed the need to strengthen political relations and economic cooperation."

Pristina's maximalist goals, which, along with recognition, wants Presevo and Bujanovac, are the main obstacles to resolving the Kosovo problem.

This has been stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic.

Professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Dragan Djukanovic, told national broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that he believes that the next round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will be at the beginning of September, and that by then Pristina must give some outlines of the ZSO Statute.

Dragan Djukanovic said visiting the RTS News that a more serious continuation of the dialogue will not happen until the adoption of the final version of the ZSO Statute.

Reconstruction of a road near Visoki Decani Monastery and lack of progress in Oliver Ivanovic murder investigation are reasons for concern in Kosovo, UN SG Antonio Guterres said, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reported. UN SG Guterres at the same time welcomed continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue under EU auspices.

Kosovo and Metohija Office Director Marko Djuric spoke on Monday morning for Prva TV about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

"Most Western countries think that the issue of Kosovo is a rounded off story. We are talking both with the Russians and with the Americans and with the Chinese and with everyone who has the idea of ​​a compromise solution," said Djuric.

He added that there is still no solution for the issue of Kosovo, and that when one is in sight, "the citizens of Serbia will be informed about it."

Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Chairperson, Milovan Drecun told RTS much would be decided on Washington-Paris-Berlin line, and Serbia needs to represent its interest there when it comes to Kosovo.

Speaking for RTS morning news edition, Drecun emphasized that a room missing to reach a compromise is being created now.