Senior officials from Serbia and Kosovo will hold talks in Brussels on Tuesday. The EU-backed meeting is part of a long-term effort to normalise ties between the two. “Both sides have committed to the dialogue and we expect that this commitment continues including to the implementation of the agreements that have been reached,” said Maja Kocijanic, an EU spokeswoman. Serbia launched a crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in the late 1990s as a response to separatist movement . http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/23/serbia-kosovo-set-for-eu-backed-talks