Pristina delegation trying to extort a fundamental change to the agreement on the implementation of the deal on telecommunications, which was agreed over the weekend or to bring down the agreement reached, Blic learns from diplomatic sources in Brussels.
A new round of the Brussels negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina will be held on 16 and 17 November, Danas unofficially learns from diplomatic sources.
The interlocutors of the daily Danas say that the main topics of discussion will be freedom of movement and the implementation of previously reached agreement on "permanent facilities, in connection to the integrated management of crossings."
The first day of a new round of dialogue at the technical level between Belgrade and Pristina ended in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon.
During the negotiations, the Serbian side insisted on discussing the issue of the Trepca mining basin, which Pristina refused to do.
Therefore, this issue was discussed with the EU - the mediator in the Kosovo dialogue - and on that occasion representatives of the EU reiterated that they "took note" of Serbia's position.
The Belgrade-Pristina expert-level dialogue will resume in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, with the Belgrade delegation to be headed by the director of the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric.
The discussions will focus on the current state of the dialogue and implementation of agreements on freedom of movement and education degrees, the Office for Kosovo-Metohija said in a statement.
BELGRADE – As Belgrade and Pristina resume talks to normalize their relations, the latter’s request for its own telephone code present a problematic precedent for China and other countries across the world, Dusan Prorokovic, former state secretary in Serbia’s Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, told Sputnik Serbia on Tuesday.
Belgrade's delegation said it was satisfied with an agreement reached in Brussels on Thursday during a technical round of the EU-sponsored Kosovo dialogue.
According to them, the deal "prevents the abolition of Serbian license plates in Kosovo."
Serbian mobile operator in October will be licensed in Kosovo, but only with limited operations, said on Saturday President of the Board of Directors of the Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal communications, Kreshnik Gashi.
According to the announcement of Gashi, Kosovo will get, in early October, dialling code +383 while at the same time Serbian mobile operator will obtain permission to operate in Kosovo, but only with limited operations.
The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue will be continued at expert level in Brussels on Thursday, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo and Metohija announced.
The two-day discussions will be held at the European External Action Service headquarters, with the agenda to include all open issues from past discussions between Belgrade and Pristina.
Belgrade's delegation will be headed by Marko Djurić, the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said early on Wednesday that, after more than 18 hours of talks with the representatives of Pristina, agreements had been reached on ID cards, the crossing of trucks, visits of the Serbian officials to Kosovo and the elections.
Today in Brussels a discussion, between the delegations from Belgrade and Pristina, as announced, will be on three important topics: the prohibition of visits for Serbian officials, the use of ID cards issued in the Serbian police administrations in Kosovo and the ADR certificate on the transport of dangerous goods.
The Belgrade delegation in these talks will be led by Marko Djuric, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, and Edita Tahiri, the Head of Pristina delegation.