Improving Serbia-Albania relations is a key to a stable Western Balkans, said the participants of the panel discussion “Future(s) of Security Normalization among Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana” held on Thursday.

Significant progress has been made in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and in the Belgrade-Tirana relations over the past three years, the participants concluded.

Research has shown that citizens in all three societies support the dialogue, said Sonja Stojanovic Gajic, Director of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.

Belgrade officials expect relations with Serbia's ex-province to dominate talks with Angela Merkel, while Albania hopes the German Chancellor will bless the country's recent reforms.

Relations with Kosovo are expected to dominate meetings between Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Serbian officials on her visit to Belgrade on July 8-9.

German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm says it would be a good move if PM Aleksandar Vucic went to Srebrenica, especially because of reconciliation in the region.

"I think it's a positive gesture. All peoples here have to be willing to accept responsibility and guilt. Germany took the blame after the Second World War. Simply, we must accept history," Wilhelm, who is leaving his post in Belgrade after three years, told B92 in an interview.

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said early Tuesday after another round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue that the text of two agreements has been finalised.

A new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina ended without agreement after 17 hours of talks, a B92 reporter in Brussels has said.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told journalists that the two delegations reached no agreement on any of the four issues they discussed.
Vucic said that the delegations were very close to reaching an agreement on the future Community Serb municipalities (CSM).

The director of the Serbian Government’s Media Office Milivoje Mihajlovic stated today that decision of the Kosovo parliament to reject the draft proposal on creation of the special court for Kosovo Liberation Army crimes is not the right path, and added that there is bigger possibility now for the court to be set by the United Nations or any other international organization.

Council for Inclusive Governance (CIG) will stage a round table meeting on 27 June in Pristina for MPs from the Serbian and Kosovo parliaments, who will discuss normalization of relations.

European Parliament representatives appreciate the efforts Serbia is making on the EU accession path and believe that the first chapters could be opened by the end of the year, said Minister for EU Integrations Jadranka Joksimovic in Brussels.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, avoided the journalists last night in Brussles, while today, he informed on social network Facebook that that the next meeting will be held on 29 June. This is what he wrote: “Yesterday we closed a very busy day of the dialogue with Serbia in Brussels. Our experts who are covering their fields with full responsibility, worked for a long time on the issues that were treated. There is no schedule here, the work at two o’clock in the morning is done the same as at 10:00 am.

Former Kosovo Assembly Speaker and current head of national council of the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Jakup Krasniqi, reacted against the statements of Belgrade senior officials who claimed that Belgrade will not give up Gazivoda Lake. He wrote on his Facebook profile that “according to Serbian media, Vucic told Isa Mustafa in front of the EU officials that “there is no chance to accept your requests. We do not give up Gazivoda.”
The national consensus to continue the discussions with Vucic (Serbia)
From Jakup Krasniqi