Involvement of the Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi in the Brussels dialogue would be normal taking into account his prior role in reaching and promoting the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, learned Belgrade-based daily in unofficial conversation with Kosovo top officials.
Paper also learned that change of the format of the current dialogue, that is involvement of presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, depends on the European Union.
Government in Pristina is preparing a fierce offensive in order that ‘fake state of Kosovo’ becomes a member of the Council of Europe, UNESCO and Interpol, learned Belgrade-based daily ‘Vecernje Novosti’.
This was practically confirmed yesterday by the Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, after the meeting with representatives of Serbs from the province.
Former US ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery expects stability in the Balkans, the fight against terrorism and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina among the main issues to be discussed during the upcoming visit of US Vice President Joseph Biden to Serbia.
"I expect that Biden would push for the further progress in terms of the Brussels Agreement," Montgomery said to Tanjug.
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said that negotiations with Belgrade under the Brussels agreement must be given a time limit, and the end of the dialogue, but also a completely different form of negotiations. Mustafa has announced that he will appeal to Brussels for the "behaviour of Belgrade in the dialogue" because as he said "we cannot waste time endlessly in the dialogue with Serbia."
The United Nations Security Council on 25 August will discuss the quarterly report of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the developments in Kosovo. In his report, Ban expressed concern regarding the Kosovo – Serbia relations. The report, among other things, shows the concern over the stagnation of the integration process, but also the crisis in Kosovo's institutions, as a result of the demarcation process with Montenegro.
The vice-president of the Movement of Socialists (coalition partner of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party), Bratislav Jugović, who was presented as potential Serbian presidential candidate by the Russian web portal Sputnik, argues that negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina should shift to Moscow and explained that Russia is unavoidable geopolitical factor without which not a single problem can be settled.
The research titled “Brussels Agreement – unattended topics” that was carried out by the NGO Center for Peace and Tolerance (CPT) in cooperation with the RTV Herc from Štrpce/Shtërpcë, shows that there is a big gap between desires, interests and stances of Serbian social factors in Kosovo when compared with stances of the political elites in Belgrade and Pristina.
Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin says it is "increasingly clear" the EU is lacks the strength to secure the implementation of Kosovo dialogue agreements.
"The European Union, with the consent of Belgrade, assumed the role of a mediator in resolving the conflict. But today it is increasingly clear that it lacks the strength to ensure the implementation of even the first (Brussels) agreement," the diplomat told TV Most from Zvecan, a town in northern Kosovo.
The last round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina at the expert level, which was completed early this morning after 19 hours of negotiations, was a good and positive for the interests of Belgrade, says Marko Đurić, the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.
Belgrade media reported that the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade at the level of experts will resume in Brussels today. The two-day talks are expected to focus on the agreement on the establishment of Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and on other deals reached by the parties last year. Kosovo institutions have not yet released any detail of the meeting.