The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, participated today at “Fol hapur” (Speak Openly) forum organized by “FOL”movement.

He stated that dialogue with Serbia in Brussels should take another direction in order not to become a routine. “Kosovo has correct relations with Serbia and dialogue in Brussels should not become routine and these discussions should take another course and conclude with reciprocal recognition,” Thaci said.

Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman for the European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, told Belgrade-based Beta news agency that the EU constantly calls for the full implementation of agreements reached between Pristina and Belgrade. “Any suggestion that agreements reached between Pristina and Belgrade are being corrected, has nothing to do with the reality and is misinformation,” Kocijancic said in response to statements by Serbian officials that the unilateral correction of agreements would be unacceptable.

Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports, Rexhep Hoti, said today that talks between Pristina and Belgrade should not continue without the approval of the opposition majority in Kosovo. In a Facebook post, Hoti advised Kadri Veseli, the recently-elected president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) to involve personalities from the civil society and the media in the process of talks with Belgrade.

- The overwhelming support of the voters in Kosovo, given to the Serbian Progressive Party in this parliamentary election points to their, first of all, support to the policy of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, says the President of Active Serbia Dusan Janjic, commenting on the fact that the SNS received about 66 per cent of the vote in the territory of Kosovo.

The Brussels Agreement is a huge defeat for multi-ethnic Kosovo, because if the irresponsibility of Pristina and Belgrade toward Serbs in Kosovo continues, this region will become ethnically clean, argues Chairperson of the European Movement Rada Trajkovic.

Zef Deda, head of the Division for drafting trade policies, at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, told Klan Kosova that the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo was reached after 17 or 18 hours of discussions. “This agreement will become effective on 25 April and Kosovo importers will continue with their importing of fuel,” Deda said. “It is not very positive when we say that we are importing from Serbia, but it was important to resolve recognition of the ADR certificates.

Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, stated that majority of Serbs already possess ID of Kosovo, as result of the Brussels dialogue.
She said that the reach of the agreement on free movement in 2011 made “majority of Serbs to take the IDs of Kosovo state.”

“Representatives of Belgrade and Pristina have agreed over unhindered transport of dangerous materials through administrative crossings of Serbia and Kosovo, agreement was reached and on visits of Serbian officials to Kosovo, whereas the talks will continue about the issue of identification documents,” said Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson of the EU High Representative.

The chairperson of the Serbian Parliament’s Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, stated that it was expected that agreements will be reached with Pristina in Brussels because Serbian delegation has defended state interests, and added that they will insist on further normalization of relations.

Drecun said in the morning TV news program of Radio Television Serbian that Serbian delegation has had support in Brussels and that the model and frame was agreed on how to reach the agreement.

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.