Belgrade is ready to continue dialogue with Pristina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told European Parliament delegation on Monday, BETA news agency reports.

“Serbia is ready to continue the dialogue even in the situation with heightened political and security tensions which are primarily unfavorable to the Serbs in Kosovo,” Vucic is quoted as saying in a press release following the meeting with the delegation headed by European Parliament (EP) official Eduard Kukan.

Vucic informed Kukan, who chairs the EP Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee, about the reasons for the break in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, saying that none of the obligations stemming from the Brussels agreement had been implemented, primarily the forming of the Community of Serb Municipalities.

The Serbian president also expressed concern over Pristina’s intention to form military force in Kosovo, which he believes will cause destabilization of the region.

Vucic also said that membership in the European Union is Serbia’s foreign policy priority and that the entire region belongs in the EU which would bring faster economic development to the Western Balkans.

Kukan is quoted as saying that Serbia has achieved economic progress and has become a pillar of stability in the region. He added that efforts need to be invested to improve the situation in terms of rule of law and freedom of the media.