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"Johnson's conclusions will decisively affect the final position of the USA" (RTS)

Senator Johnson came to inspect the situation, see what possibilities and ideas are for reaching an agreement, and he returns to Washington with conclusions that will decisively affect the final US position on Kosovo, says to Radio Television Serbia (RTS), Stefan Surlic, the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade.

He told RTS that the United States sent a clear message during the visit that they are flexible, for two reasons.

Vucic-Thaci meeting in September uncertain (RTS, Tanjug)

EU High Representative Federica Mogherini announced on Friday that another meeting of the presidents, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci during the Brussels dialogue will be held in September, prior to the start of the ministerial week of the UN Security Council in New York. However, diplomatic sources of Tanjug in the EU say it is uncertain whether there will the meeting, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

Diplomatic sources state that the problem can be a timeframe, but also a justification for the meeting.

Kosovo police at Merdare crossing retained Arnaud Gouillon (Blic, RTS)

The Kosovo Police at the Merdare administrative point retained Arnaud Gouillon, the French humanitarian, reports Belgrade based daily Blic quoting Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

According to the RTS, besides him, the police detained two activists from the humanitarian organization "Serbs for Serbs".

KP members, while retaining Gouillon, have stated that he did not have a permit to visit Kosovo.

Rakic: The jurisdiction of Serbian municipalities nobody can touch (RTS)

Goran Rakic, President of Serbian List issued a statement, as a reaction to the announcements related to Kadri Veseli’s construction plans for “new Mitrovica”, Serbian media reports.

“Kadri Veseli can build towers and towns in the Serbian land only over our dead bodies and I warn him not to try something like that. We did not allow the tanks across the Ibar, on which Veseli’s comrades drove, and thus we will not allow his excavators.''

Zakharova: We will accept the solution that is acceptable to the Serbian people with respect (RTS)

Director of the Information Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova told RTS this morning that Russia's attitude towards Kosovo is consistent and strict. This attitude is built on three components - the international legal basis of what is happening in Kosovo, respect for the sovereignty of Serbia, independence and internal Serbian legislation, and understanding the interests of the people and Serbia as a state, Zakharova stressed.

Simic: Kosovo Serbs OK with division if they get more rights (RTS, N1, KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)

Serbs in Kosovo agree with the idea of a division of Kosovo only if the arrangement would guarantee them more freedom and more rights than they had so far, said the Vice-President of Kosovo’s Serb List, Igor Simic.

He added that the Serb List, a political group of Serbs in Kosovo, trusts Belgrade’s negotiation team unequivocally.

Simic told Serbia’s public broadcaster, RTS, that Serbs in Kosovo live in suspense for decades already.

Selakovic: Kosovo is the most complex problem, we have nothing to wait (RTS, Blic, NMagazin)

The question of Kosovo is the most important and complex problem, we must not wait any more, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is in favor of a solution that would avoid the war in the future, Secretary General of the President of Serbia Nikola Selakovic said today.

Dacic: Pristina’s maximalist goals main obstacle to Kosovo solution (Serbian media)

Pristina's maximalist goals, which, along with recognition, wants Presevo and Bujanovac, are the main obstacles to resolving the Kosovo problem.

This has been stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic.

"Pristina has no more space for avoiding the formation of the ZSO" (RTS)

Professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Dragan Djukanovic, told national broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that he believes that the next round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will be at the beginning of September, and that by then Pristina must give some outlines of the ZSO Statute.

Dragan Djukanovic said visiting the RTS News that a more serious continuation of the dialogue will not happen until the adoption of the final version of the ZSO Statute.