The US "package" for Kosovo will put Serbia and President Aleksandar Vucic in "a very delicate position."
That's according to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, which adds that "the package" could be presented to Serbian officials on Wednesday, when US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell will visit Pristina, and then Belgrade.
EU ministers are to discuss new security initiatives with the Western Balkans in what is seen as the first step toward EU accession.
Brussels has said it hopes the Western Balkan states will join the bloc by 2025.
European interior ministers convened in Brussels on Thursday to discuss how the bloc will coordinate its latest security and migration policies with Western Balkan states.
European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic told today that the agreement on the establishment of the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) must be applied without delay and she announced a new round of technical dialogue from March 19 to 21, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
The decision of ''the so-called Kosovo'' not to implement the agreement, on forming the ZSO, is in fact Pristina's decision to leave Brussels Dialogue, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, reports today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
The issue of Kosovo is "difficult for Serbia" - and one of the conditions put before Serbia, says Slovakia's foreign minister.
This is the case "because the EU does not want to be put in the position of a judge," Ivan Korcok told students at University of Belgrade's Faculty of Political Sciences.
The Slovak official reiterated that his country will remain consistent, and will not recognize Kosovo.
Serbia "cannot trade with the issue of Kosovo and Metohija," First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday.
According to the Serbian government, Dacic made the remark after his meeting in Belgrade with Slovakia's acting Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Ivan Korcok.
President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker said that “he did not ask the Serbs to choose between Russia and EU, because they have to have normal relations with Russia and the best possible relations with the EU,” Tanjug news agency reported on Saturday.
“Serbia has very close relations with Moscow that is much active in the region” Juncker told Euronews in Sofia.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that he met with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in Sofia on Thursday, BETA news agency reported.
According to Vucic, they discussed "continuing the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and solving the historical dispute between Serbs and Albanians."
Kosovo MP, Ilir Deda said they have received a message from EU officials that demarcation with Serbia should be completed in four years, KIM Radio reported.
“Demarcation as a term won’t be missed. Within 4-year timeframe we should complete demarcation of border with Serbia,” Deda told Pristina-based TV KTV.
He also added, the EU expects this process to finalize by 2021 “by mutual dialogue or arbitration court,” KIM Radio reported.
Jean-Claude Juncker said after visiting Skopje, Tirana, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Podgorica, and Pristina that he "promised no one an accession date."
The European Commission president told Deutsche Welle that he also "didn't give states that are not yet negotiating a date to begin negotiations," adding that he was "not interested in fixing dates on a calendar as much as in substance."
"I care about dates, but not to the point that I would forget the substance in talks," said Juncker.