First Deputy PM and Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic met on Monday with Principal Director for European Affairs at the US National Security Council John Erath.

Kosovo customs chief Bahri Berisha said that import had dropped by EUR 120 million in the past three months since Pristina imposed 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, BETA news agency reported. “Import from Serbia dropped by EUR 100 million and from Bosnia-Herzegovina by EUR 20 million,” Berisha told Pristina-based Telegrafi.com portal. According to Kosovo customs’ data goods from Serbia have been replaced with goods from Albania and North Macedonia. Kosovo now imports wheat from Canada instead from Serbia.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS he is not surprised that Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz used the meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss about Kosovo and Metohija. Speaking for RTS morning news edition Dacic noted that the US more than other partners is interested in finding the lasting solution to the Kosovo and Metohija issue, which is in relation to a change in their stance and reflected in a manner that Kosovo is no longer a closed issue for them. Dacic underlined that a compromise is wanted and that any agreement would be a political plus for the US.

At a recent meeting of Quint member states, Great Britain has prevented the adoption of a strict conclusion on the abolishment of Pristina tariffs imposed on goods from central Serbia, Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported. Despite many officials from the EU and the USA, with stronger or weaker decisiveness, voiced their opposition against the tariffs over the last three months, London again took a stance contrary to Belgrade’s interests, the daily added. As Novosti unofficially learnt, USA, France and Italy were supporting formulation that would explicitly tell Pristina authorities

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said it is realistic for Serbia to join the European Union by 2025, adding that Pristina would have to abolish the tariffs on the goods from central Serbia sooner or later, which is a precondition that both sides return to the negotiation table, RTV Puls reports. “I absolutely think that the introduction of mentioned punitive tariffs is a bad thing. I think they will be revoked, and this is not my personal opinion, but also the opinion of the EU and other states that it has to be done sooner or later,” Schroeder told Blic daily.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the possibility of extraordinary elections, RTS reported, adding he would make a decision on that soon. He said early elections are possible if the situation regarding Kosovo remains unchanged, respectively if Pristina does not abolish tariffs, so the talks can not continue. “It is possible, in this case, to go for slightly earlier elections, if such decisions are made, and would they we shall see,” Vucic told journalists after visiting the hospital for children in Belgrade. “If tariffs are not abolished, there are no talks and it is clear,” Vuci

Kosovo analyst Ramush Tahiri said UNMIK in Kosovo has completed most part of its mission, both in the terms of time and functions, however, no state can prohibit work and engagement of this mission, FoNet news agency reports. “The statement is as it is, but to tell the communication with UNMIK is cut, it is unattainable.