After the possible election of Hashim Thaci for president of Kosovo, I don’t expect anything good to happen regarding relations between Serbia and Kosovo, said Ivica Dacic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. When asked why, Dacic explained that the political chaos in Kosovo is an excuse for not fulfilling the obligations undertaken by signing the Brussels agreement. “And it will continue,” said Dacic, adding that the EU should put pressure on Pristina to fulfill its obligations.

Director the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric met with newly appointed Ambassador of Cyprus to Serbia Constantinos Eliades on Thursday.

Djuric thanked Eliades for the Cyprus government's consistent support for the policy on Kosovo-Metohija pursued by Serbia, expressing the hope that the traditionally friendly relations between the two countries would continue to improve, the Office for KiM said in a release.

Representatives of the government of Kosovo and Kosovo Serb representatives agreed today that there is no doubt that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will be created and that the A/CSM creation obligation lies with Pristina now.

The sooner Serbia disbands its parallel structures in Kosovo, the sooner the statute will be drafted for the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, stated Kosovo government Minister without portfolio, in charge of dialogue, Edita Tahiri in her interview with RTK2, and added that the statute will be drafted by Kosovo institutions.

Another round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina at Prime Minister level has ended. Statements on both sides are, as have been in the past, contradicting and incomplete, and the public has little information on the negotiation details.

Today the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) assessed that continuation of the Brussels dialogue represents the continuation of the progressive handing over of Kosovo and Metohija, along with the continued humiliation of Serbia for the sake of negotiations over EU membership.

Lumir Abdixhiku, executive director of the Pristina-based research institute RIINVEST, writes in an opinion piece that dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade must happen but that "the process should respect some general principles that Kosovars need to lay out”. The first and most important principle, according to Abdixhiku, should be national unity. “National unity is important especially if we are obliged to address Kosovo’s internal arrangements – always in compliance with the Constitution.

Following the end of yesterday’s round of dialogue, political analyst Dusan Janjic said that talks between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels are the best and most efficient way forward for addressing problems.

With the meeting in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade delegations, the issue of forming the Association/Community of Serb Municipalities (A/CSM) has returned to high level political dialogue.  Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic insisted that the statute of A/CSM should be finalized as soon as possible because it represents a means of protecting the interests of Serbs in Kosovo.

Blerim Shala, member of the Kosovo Assembly and coordinator of Kosovo’s delegation in talks with Belgrade, writes in his opinion piece that in parliamentarian democracies there are no alternatives to political dialogue. Shala recalls that in light of major problems in the political landscape in Kosovo, both the government and the opposition have called on one another to reflect.