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Pristina is shunning dialogue, says Serbian official (Tanjug, B92)

It is not true that Belgrade is not implementing agreements - "while the only truth is that Pristina is running away from the dialogue."

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dusan Kozarev said this on Monday, and added:

"Belgrade has fulfilled all the obligations from the First Brussels Agreement, while Pristina and its chief negotiator Avni Arifi use mindless excuses in their persistent efforts to find justification for unilaterally avoiding the continuation of the dialogue," Kozarev said.

Vucic: ''Do you think that the KiM issue can be resolved without great powers?" (Serbian media)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says that Serbia is working on continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in the same format, under the auspices of the EU, but this problem cannot be solved without great powers, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.

Kozarev: Not true that Belgrade has not fulfilled its obligations (RTS)

Pristina's chief negotiator Avni Arifi's statement that his side never interrupted the dialogue with Belgrade and that Belgrade failed to fulfil the obligations assumed by the Brussels agreement cannot be called anything else than the untruth, says deputy director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dusan Kozarev in a statement delivered to media.

Drecun: Without progress in dialogue what's the point?

Milovan Drecun, Chairman of the Committee for Kosovo of the Assembly of Serbia, told regional broadcaster N1 that it was uncertain whether dialogue in Brussels would continue by the end of this month, but that the more important question is what will be discussed and whether a move will be made.

Belgrade expects dialogue with Pristina by end June (BETA, TV N1)

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he expected the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue to continue before the end of June despite obstructions he saw in recent attacks on Kosovo Serbs but added the issue would not be solved without the involvement of the US and Russia.

Vucic said he could not be in Brussels on June 27th and 28th but would be available at any other date.

Vecernje Novosti: US to enter Kosovo dialogue? (Tanjug, B92)

In addition to France, Germany and the Netherlands, which want to be included in the final stages of the Kosovo dialogue, the US also wants to join the process.

According to the daily Vecenje Novosti, a US representative would be tasked with talks at the highest level.

The newspaper cites its sources to report that the US representative would most likely be at adviser level.

According to the article, in order for this to happen, the US is striving to present EU mediator Federica Mogherini as lacking satisfactory results in this process.

Joksimovic: EU ambassadors did not mention change of the dialogue format (RTS)

Serbian Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic, after meeting with the ambassadors of the EU Member State in Brussels, stated that none of the participants have mentioned direct involvement or change of the format of the dialogue, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports.