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Three major hurdles in dialogue with Pristina, PM Brnabic says (Tanjug, TV N1, BETA)

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said yesterday there are three fundamental obstacles in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue: Kosovo authorities' “permanent” provocations, their refusal to implement Brussels agreements and talks about abolishing border with Albania, Beta news agency reported. She said that she mentioned those issues at the Geneva gathering on the Western Balkans organized by the World Economic Forum earlier in the day. “We want to talk about the future

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Demarcation with Kosovo least painful idea, Serbia’s FM says (Pravi ugao, RTV, N1)

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the demarcation with Kosovo is the least painful suggestion and that it includes that in addition to the northern part, all other areas populated by the Serbs which could be territorially linked to central Serbia remain parts of the country, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday.

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EU blackmailed: behind the scenes of Kosovo-Serbia talks (EU Observer)

Talk of "border correction" by Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's Hashim Thaci is a distraction from what is really going on behind the scenes - blackmail of the EU for political and personal reasons. The border idea - for Pristina to give north Kosovo (an ethnic Serb enclave) to Belgrade, in return for the Presevo Valley (an Albanian enclave in Serbia) - was first floated by Vucic (although in different terms) last year. See at: https://euobserver.com/foreign/143000  

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Vucic says Putin is "definitely coming to Serbia" (Tanjug, B92)

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is definitely coming to Serbia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told journalists in Moscow. After his talks with the head of the Russian state on Tuesday, Vucic said that Putin had asked his aides to set a date for his visit to Serbia. This means that Putin will definitely visit Serbia, Vucic said. "If Putin had just said, 'I'll come', that would not mean that the visit would necessarily be realized," Vucic explained. "We're far from solution" The two presidents both spoke Russian as they met in the Kremlin earlier on

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Serbian Minister Popovic says Kosovo issue should return to UN (BETA, Tanjug, TV N1, Prva TV)

Serbian Minister without portfolio Nenad Popovic said on Tuesday that the time is right to take the Kosovo issue back to the United Nations after the European Union failed in its moderation efforts, Serbian media reported. “The EU has failed as moderator in the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina and now is the right moment to return the Kosovo issue back where it belongs – the UN,” Popovic said in Moscow.

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China returns Kosovo report snubbed by UK and US to UNSC (B92, Beta, Vecernje Novosti)

The UN Security Council will in November discuss UN secretary-general's reports about Kosovo, writes Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti.

According to the newspaper, China returned the reports to the agenda of the Security Council, that will take over the body's presiding in November. The article also specifies that two reports on Kosovo filed by UN chief António Guterres will be considered - covering the period from April 16 to July 15, and another from mid-July to mid-October.

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US Ambassador Scott: USA for every solution, but without guarantee for support (TV N1)

The US Ambassador in Belgrade, Kyle Scott said today there are no guarantees Washington would accept just any solution reached by Belgrade and Pristina, TV N1 reports. Ambassador Scott noted the American administration is open to every solution that the two sides reach but added that this does not guarantee support for the solution from Washington “because we don’t know what we’re talking about”. “A local solution is the best solution.

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Serbian PM Brnabic denies not mentioning UN resolution on Kosovo (Tanjug, TV N1)

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic denied claims that she never mentioned UN Security Council Resolution 1244 on Kosovo at the UN General Assembly session, TV N1 reported “It’s not right that I didn’t mention resolution 1244 at the UN. I clearly mentioned resolution 1244 a day earlier (before her address to the General Assembly) when I spoke at the Action for Peace meeting and when I appealed for the UNMIK mission not to lower its numbers and fully respect UN Security Council resolution 1244.

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