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Former Serbian President says review of Brussels Agreement needed (TV N1, BETA, RTV)

Former Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Monday that the Brussels Agreement must undergo review but warned that this is “extremely dangerous,” BETA news agency reports. Tadic, who heads the Social Democrat Party, said he never wanted to see Kosovo divided but did accept an entity solution.

Blic: Angela Merkel’s key aides to meet Vucic (Blic, B92)

Jan Hecker, the most important foreign policy adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkle and her adviser for the Balkans Matthias Luttenberg would visit Belgrade this evening, daily Blic reports. According to Blic they would visit Belgrade after their visit to Pristina and would meet Serbian President Vucic either this evening or tomorrow, in an attempt to ease tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. “This meeting is of decisive importance when we speak about the future of the dialogue and relations between the two sides,” diplomatic sources told Blic. Hecker and Luttenberg are in Pristina

Jeremic: Announcements of conflicts in Kosovo are staged farce, Belgrade and Pristina step away from partition (KoSSev)

The announcements of the conflicts in Kosovo are „irresponsible, shameless and a staged farce“ and nothing is further from the reality than the claims that the negotiations have failed, Leader of Peoples’ Party and one of the leaders of the Alliance for Serbia, Vuk Jeremic stated, KoSSev portal reports. Jeremic added it is true that Belgrade and Pristina are a step away from an agreement under which Serbia would permanently and irrevocably renounce Kosovo.

Vucic: Platform is disaster (KoSSev, Serbian media)

“Serbia must know that the ultimatums the Albanians sent last night with the help of their western mentors, Serbia’s reply is ‘no, you will not get it! Serbia is the land of honorable, honest and responsible people who are guarding their country and their people!’“ Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic told gathered citizens in Sremska Mitrovica on Friday, which he visited as part of “Future of Serbia” campaign, KoSSev portal reports. For more see at: https://kossev.info/vucic-the-platform-is-a-disaster/  

Vucic: We have no place left to go (Prva TV, Tanjug, B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Prva TV on Friday Serbia has been "driven into a corner and is in a difficult position." He commented on the moves from Pristina, and talked about a meeting with the US State Department official David Hale. "I said, people, you cannot say we will not fulfill anything from the Brussels agreement, there is no Community of Serb Municipalities, and then you introduce a 100 percent tariffs, undermine the CEFTA agreement, destroy the Stabilization and Association Agreement...

Vucic, Brnabic and Dacic to speak on Sunday with SOC Patriarch about Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced that on Sunday, she, President Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic would meet Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej to discuss about the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug news agency reported. “On Sunday at 7.30 we would meet with the Patriarch Irinej and Serbian Orthodox Church Synod to discuss about the situation in Kosovo and Metohija since the dialogue is stopped,” Brnabic told journalists following the session of the Serbian Council for National Security this morning.

Dusan Janjic: Question is why Serbia does not have political platform for Kosovo (Danas, BETA)

Dusan Janjic from Forum for Interethnic Relations said yesterday that Pristina by adopting the platform and establishing a political team is a step ahead of Belgrade, while Serbian authorities should ask themselves why they have not made such a document, Danas daily reports. Janjic further assessed Pristina gained significant advantage against Belgrade, in the eyes of Brussels and Washington, since the adoption of the platform was one of the obligations Pristina promised to do in Brussels.

"Russia, US, France have secret Kosovo deal? Not serious" (Sputnik, B92)

"Moscow denies the reporting of Kosovo media that Russia, France and the United States have allegedly agreed on recognizing Kosovo." This has been stated at a press briefing held by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zahkarova. "Your answer is contained in your question: 'Albanian language Kosovo media, citing German sources.' I do not think we can talk about this seriously. Everything regarding the position of Serbia on resolving the Kosovo issue is most actively being commented on by the president of Serbia, practically on a daily basis.