Aleksandar Vucic, President of Serbia, confirmed that Serbia was ready to resume the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on the normalization of relations as soon as Kosovo lifted the 100 percent import taxes on goods from Serbia and Bosnia introduced last November, the FoNet news agency reported.

In a meeting with Matthew Palmer, the US special representative to the Western Balkans and Philip Reeker, Assistant Secretary of State, at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, Vucic reiterated Serbia sincerely wanted a sustainable compromise in solving the Kosovo issue, a statement from the President’s office said late on Tuesday.

"Such compromise should take into account and respect the interests of the Kosovo Serbs as well as the preservation of Serbia’s state and national interests,” the statement quoted Vucic as saying.

The three also discussed the situation in the Western Balkans and agreed that peace and stability were essential for political and economic progress and the region’s European path, the statement added.