The EP rapporteur for Serbia welcomed the initiative to launch an internal dialogue on Kosovo and added that Serbia's constructive approach is highly appreciated in Brussels, KIM radio reported McAllister’s statement to the daily newspapers Blic.
"Yes, I welcome the initiative of President Aleksandar Vučić to launch a domestic dialogue on this issue," David McAllister told daily Blic.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, stated today “there is nothing from Kosovo membership in the United Nations,” Serbian media reported.
Since the break-up of Yugoslavia no US president has visited Belgrade, and the president of Serbia expects Donald Trump to come here next year.
State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Eurasian Integration chair Leonid Kalashnikov has called on the US president and the West to "return Kosovo to Serbia."
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in New York on Wednesday that US president Donald Trump has accepted his invitation to visit Serbia
By David McAllister, 20.09.2017
The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported this, adding that the host of this year's assembly is China, and that in Beijing, Belgrade's arguments on this issue will be defended by a delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic.
The proposal of the Initiative set up to discover the truth about the consequences of the NATO bombing of Serbia has been supported by the president.
EP rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister says negotiations on Serbia's EU accession EU require "constant movement towards better relations with Kosovo". He told the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir that "this process should gradually lead to the normalization of relations between the two sides, with both being able to exercise their rights and fulfill their responsibilities."
Internal dialogue on Kosovo represents “much more than Kosovo” Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Arne Sannes Bjørnstad said, adding that this dialogue could help many to understand past and future of Serbia and prepare the ground for the future, Tanjug news agency reported.
“This dialogue is what Serbia wants to be and everybody should take part in that debate”. Bjørnstad also added that civil society should have an important role in the dialogue by opening the debate for marginalized groups too.