Continuation of political negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina was announced for 25 August and talks could be completed by signing four new agreements, claim the EU sources.

There is no serious dialogue on the establishment of the Community / Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) between Serbs and Albanians in the Kosovo government, and Kosovo Albanians do not have a united position which competencies the ZSO should have, said Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic. “If there would be a serious dialogue, maybe agreements in Brussels would be reached faster.

In case Pristina do not agree to the proposed text on the Community / Association of the Serb municipalities (ZSO), on the next round of Brussels talks, the representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo institutions could consider the option of “freezing” participation in the Assembly and Government.

In regards to the today’s talks which are held in the Brussels and agreements that should be signed, political analysts believe that the time has come for concrete decisions on specific topics that are of importance for both Serbs and Albanians.

Director of the Office of Media Relations, Milivoje Mihajlovic told RTS that Pristina should not delay the formation of the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities. He adds that only the essential solution could lead to peace.

"The community was supposed to be formed before the local election, then before the parliamentary elections ... All the time Pristina has managed to delay it. Last month they avoided talking about it, and now for the first time Pristina announced that there will be talks about it," says Mihalović for the RTS 1.

Minister of Local Government Administration in Kosovo Ljubomir Maric announced that businessmen from Serbia and others who will invest in Kosovo and Metohija will be offered a sustainable development strategy.

Maric said that the strategy will contain the details of the potentials for investment in 10 municipalities. "Those are local governments that will be part of a future Association / Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO), so this will also be the development strategy of the ZSO," said Maric.

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Harmonization of the legal framework in Kosovo with the Brussels agreement remains the main prerequisite for establishment of the community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), Ljubomir Maric, the coordinator of the steering team for the ZSO establishment and Kosovo Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government, said late Tuesday.

After a meeting with officials of the European External Action Service, Maric pointed out that he has filed a report at the invitation of the EU on what has been done in terms of ZSO since the steering team was formed in 2013.

The long awaited technical negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina about the Association /Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo and Metohija should begin in Brussels today, with the discussions on the draft of the ZSO.

German Ambassador to Serbia, Heinz Wilhelm said that Germany has no new conditions for the opening of chapters in Serbia's EU accession negotiations, but added that more needs to be done on the implementation of the Brussels agreement.

The Brussels agreement is crucial for the opening of Chapter 35 and that Germany insists on opening of this chapter among first, Wilhelm said for Radio and Television of Vojvodina.