The Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said to the Kosovo Dialogue Minister Edita Tahiri “to stop the mantra on the necessity of Serbia to recognize unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo and Metohija, as it will never happen,” TV Most reported.

Djuric further said “it is an absurd that Mrs. Tahiri, who is known as one of the most extreme and the hardest among the politicians in Pristina, stigmatize anyone as a chauvinist, and if there is a state in the region whose political discourse is not based on chauvinistic ideas, then it is Serbia.”

Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said it was paramount for Kosovo to form new institutions to address pressing internal and external issues. “Brussels dialogue is among these priorities and is important because it serves peace, neighbourhood and Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integrations”, Tahiri said.

Leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) Vuk Draskovic thinks that Serbia should accept and recognize Kosovo reality and calls for acceptance of the Martti Ahtisaari’s Proposal from 2007, as a base to continue the Brussels dialogue, Blic daily reported.

Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GISDP) commented on statements Hashim Thaci made yesterday saying that “historic agreement” would be reached between Serbia and Kosovo “by recognizing reality.” Ivanovic called these remarks nice phrases, typical for the Albanian side, Serbian media reported.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in an interview to Tanjug stated he believes a historic agreement on normalization of relations and reconciliation between Kosovo and Serbia would soon happen, and its aim it to “recognize reality.”

“This may be popular neither for me, nor for the President Vucic, but it would be good for Kosovo and Serbia. We are lucky to pay a political price for the sake of a better future for the forthcoming generations,” Thaci went on saying.

Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, Goran Svilanovic thinks that the Belgrade-Pristina relation is one of the biggest political issues in a negotiation process with the EU, but neither Serbs nor Albanians should be afraid of dialogue, Blic daily reported.

Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic stated to Tanjug that in addition to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, internal dialogue about Kosovo is also important.

“Regardless the talks hold in Brussels, it is important to have a dialogue within our society, a dialogue between different social and scientific actors,” Dacic said.

It should offer a platform to exchange opinions about what would be the best solution for Kosovo.

Kosovo Assembly should decide on the format of the dialogue in Brussels, recently continued at the presidential level, RTS reported referring to Pristina-based media reports that Hashim Thaci, with unilateral decision to meet Aleskandar Vucic breached Constitution.

After the new government is formed, Kosovo Assembly should call for a session and decide about the future of a dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, more respectively to appoint legitimate Kosovo representatives in Brussels.