The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is continuing and the EU is continuing to play its role in it, the head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade, Michael Davenport, said Friday.

The delegations of Belgrade and Pristina have been in Brussels to discuss concrete implementation of several aspects of the Brussels Agreement and other agreements in the dialogue, he told reporters.

Head of the European Commission Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said that he was optimistic about the prospects of Serbia's membership in the EU, but that it's not up to him to say how long this process will last.

He says that the speed of the process depends "primarily on Serbia's ability to meet all expectations in all areas."

Davenport says that most probably chapters 25 and 26 will be closed faster (science and culture) because, as he says, Serbia has made much progress here.

Serbia is committed to the policy which will bring stability to the Western Balkans, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in the talks with Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia Michael Davenport on Monday.

Vucic and Davenport discussed the Tuesday continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels, the situation in the region and migrant tide, the Serbian government Office for cooperation with the media released.

Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that Pristina does not encourage the return of displaced persons and expressed hope that the entry into the function of Serbian judges and return of the usurped and destroyed property will create conditions for better return. At the round table discussion following conclusion of the project "Support to the implementation of strategies for IDPs, refugees and returnees - legal help", Djuric said that it is a project that ended after two and a half years and that it was financed from the EU pre-accession funds.

Direct discussions between Belgrade and Pristina on the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo will be on the agenda of the Brussels negotiations in a month's time, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport has said. “That is one of the key topics in the Brussels agreement, and the EU insists on its full implementation,” Davenport told TV Vojvodina on Monday. There have been no direct talks between Belgrade and Pristina on the topic, he noted, adding that it is the role of the European Commission and the EU Delegation in Belgrade to back the efforts for d