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Poll: 8% of Serbians for recognition of Kosovo (Serbian media)

Eight per cent of those who took part in the poll said they supported recognizing Kosovo; seven per cent want all negotiations to be abandoned, while six per cent think Belgrade should withdraw its signature from the Brussels agreement, Tanjug reports.

A Faktor Plus poll commissioned by the Belgrade based news agency Tanjug shows that an almost equal number of respondents support and oppose continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, reports Serbian media.

Lavrov to Dacic: Russia will defend legitimate interests of Serbia (Politika, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti)

Russia is ready to provide Serbian partners with support in defending legitimate national interests in relation to Kosovo, primarily in international structures, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a letter to Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic, reports Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.

"Bulgaria will fully respect Kosovo’s status neutrality" (RTS, Vecernje Novosti, Tanjug, B92)

Spokesman for the Bulgarian EU presidency Genoveva Chervenakova says to Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that Bulgaria will fully respect the status neutrality of Kosovo at the EU-Western Balkans summit to be organized in May.

PM asked what Serbia intends to do on issue of Kosovo (B92, Tanjug)

PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday she would support Serbs in Kosovo in forming the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) if Pristina fails to do it.

"If Pristina doesn't want to respect its own obligations, of course - I will offer my full support to Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija to form the ZSO, and that will be during April," Brnabic told reporters.

Bytyqi in Belgrade: Meeting with Scott and Prosecutor (Vesti, Tanjug)

Portal Vesti reports that Ilir Bytyqi, whose three brothers, Ylli, Agron and Mehmet, were killed in 1999 in Serbia, met with the US Ambassador Kyle Scott in Belgrade.

He then spoke with war crimes prosecutor Snezana Jovanovic about the progress of the investigation into the murder of his brothers.

He will also meet Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic, confirmed Ilir Bytyqi to Tanjug.

"Vucic and Thaci invited, EU expects full implementation..." (B92)

The EU expects full implementation of all Belgrade-Pristina dialogue agreements, including the one to establish the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO).

This has been stated by European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic on the eve of a new round of technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina delegations, which begins later in the afternoon in Brussels and will last until Wednesday.

"Any changes to ZSO deal would collapse Brussels agreement" (B92, Tanjug)

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says that Belgrade will not allow changes to be made to the ZSO agreement that Pristina intends to propose.

Dacic emphasized in a statement for Radio Belgrade over the weekend that any amending of the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo and Metohija was out of the question.

Dacic announces his "contribution" to Kosovo anniversary (B92, Tanjug)

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced on Saturday that Burundi had revoked its recognition of Kosovo.

Dacic was in this African country on Thursday.

"These days the tenth anniversary is marked in Pristina of the unilateral proclamation of Kosovo's independence. I wish to make my contribution. I brought with me a note from Burundi's Foreign Ministry, revoking the recognition of Kosovo," Dacic told an unscheduled news conference in Belgrade.