Belgrade based news agency Tanjug reports that Ragmi Mustafa confirmed that Bujanovac mayor Shaip Kamberi, member of the Serbian National Assembly Fatmir Hasani and he did not send a new letter, with an initiative to join the finale of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, to Federica Mogherini and Hashim Thaci.
The President of the National Council of Albanians Ragmi Mustafa, Bujanovac Mayor Shaip Kamberi and a member of the Serbian Parliament Fatmir Hasani, sent an initiative for the inclusion of the Presevo Valley into the final phase of the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, reports KIM radio, quoting Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
The initiative was sent to the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini, Hashim Thaci and the coordinators of the Kosovo delegation, Shpend Ahmeti and Fatmir Limaj.
A Balkan summit in Berlin contributed to settling the ongoing conflict between Belgrade and Prishtina and this was the perfect moment for resolving the complicated relations between the two countries, said the President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, following the Western Balkans Summit.
It was agreed that the dialogue would continue to be backed by the European Union (EU) and that France and Germany should intervene directly, reported RTK2, quoting the Montenegrin portal CdM.
Journalist and sociologist Zoran Panovic told N1, referring to yesterday's Brussels summit, that it turned out pompous, and hollow - with a lot of phrases. Obviously, the pressure was there, Panovic said.
Ivica Dacic, Serbia’s Foreign Minister, said on Tuesday the mini-summit of the Western Balkans' leaders held in Berlin was not an adequate format for the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations, the Beta news agency reported.
He told Serbia's state RTS television the Berlin meeting had been chosen as a “preparation” for the organisers’ total pressure on Serbia.
The New York Times writes that German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron should first mediate between Thaci and Haradinaj.
The daily says that Merkel and Macron are to have "any hope of easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, and breaking a deadlock in talks on the normalization of relations" - then "analysts say they may first have to broker another peace, between Kosovo's two lead
Serbian President met on Monday afternoon with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Berlin.
Vucic told Mogherini that Serbia was ready to, "as soon as tomorrow" to continue the dialogue, if Pristina lifted their taxes on Serbian products.
"Whether that will happen is not in our hands," Vucic told reporters in Berlin.
He pointed out to Mogherini that it was about European values, and that the taxes were unsustainable.
"Great" powers want to deal with the Western Balkans now, according to a South East Europe expert from the University of Graz.
"Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, who have not always been united in their policy towards the Balkans, now want to be on same side of the rope and put under control the failed EU negotiations," Bieber said on the occasion of the upcoming conference in Berlin.
The goal of the Western Balkans summit in Berlin is get the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue moving, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn told the German DPA news agency.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic commenting on media reports that Belgrade-Pristina agreement is expected by October this year, said the pressure is getting stronger however she does not expect the agreement would be made by then.