Serbia won’t succeed unless it adopts a clear policy on Kosovo and won’t achieve anything unless it recognizes Kosovo, Sir Robert Francis Cooper, a British diplomat, former mediator in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, told TV N1 yesterday.

Addressing the 8^th Belgrade Security Forum conference, Cooper added that how and when Serbia would do that was up to it, but that should be done at a certain point.

The three-day conference “Finding Answers together to the New Normal”, organized by Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and European Movement in Serbia, gathered 700 participants from Serbia, the region and other parts of Europe and the world.

It will have 20 panels with 111 speakers.

One of the most crucial conference’s topics will be a new phase of the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue.

In an interview with N1, Cooper said that the issue needed strong leadership.

Full interview with Robert Cooper can be watched here: http://rs.n1info.com/a428706/English/NEWS/Robert-Cooper-Belgrade-needs-clear-policy-on-Kosovo.html