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Schieb: Pristina to revoke tariffs urgently (FoNet, TV N1)

German Ambassador to Belgrade Thomas Schieb told Serbian Trade and Telecommunications Minister Rasim Ljajic his country pressured Pristina to urgently lift the 100 percent import tariffs on goods from Serbia, FoNet news agency reported.

Schieb added the taxes should be abolished to normalize the trade cooperation in the region and enable the resumption of the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalization of relations, facilitated by the European Union.

PM to attend marking of Serbian Statehood Day in Brussels (Serbian Government, B92)

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic will visit Brussels on Wednesday, the Serbian Government has announced. In Brussels, Brnabic will address an official reception marking the Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia.

The holiday was celebrated on February 15.

According to the government, during the visit, the prime minister will meet with First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Gender Equality Vera Jourova.

US Congress delegation tells Serbian president to arrest retired policeman (Blic, FoNet, N1)

A bi-partisan US Congress delegation has demanded the arrest of former senior Serbian police officer Goran Radosavljevic aka Guri over the killing of three Kosovo Albanian US citizens in 1999, Belgrade daily Blic said on Monday.

The delegation met with President Aleksandar Vucic during last week’s security conference in Munich to demand Radosavljevic’s arrest and extradition.

Milivojevic: It is by no coincidence that they call for abolishment of Resolution 1244 (Tanjug, B92)

Diplomat Zoran Milivojevic commenting on letters/congratulations that the USA President Donald Trump has sent to Belgrade and Pristina, said it points out there is no solution to the Kosovo issue without Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported. He also added, support of Washington to Kosovo independence is indisputable.

Dusan Janjic: All leads towards an armed conflict in Kosovo (N1)

Great powers always have plan B, and unless the Belgrade and Pristina agreements come to an end, all leads towards the outbreak of localized armed conflicts in Kosovo, assesses Dusan Janjic from the Forum for Ethnic Relations, visiting regional broadcaster TV N1.

Janjic assesses that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is in a deadlock, and the position means that you can no longer take any move and that you must play something new, "what the Americans would say, something creative."

Dacic: Albanians have nothing to rejoice about (BETA, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said, in relation to the 11th anniversary since the declaration of independence in Kosovo, that “Kosovo Albanians have nothing to rejoice about,” BETA news agency reported. He added, “the times when solutions were imposed by force are long gone”.

Dacic told the journalists after visiting the memorial room “Kosmet victims” in Belgrade that the presence of international officials on Sunday in Pristina, that included only Albanian PM Edi Rama, indicates what level of international support Kosovo Albanians have.

Srpska Lista: Pristina’s platform aims to block dialogue (Radio kontakt plus)

Srpska Lista assessed that Pristina’s platform on dialogue aims to block it, Radio kontakt plus reports.

Srpska Lista added that platform Kosovo Albanians presented as a basis for “dialogue” and “compromise” is yet another act, following anti-civilizational tariffs, forming an army and Trepca statute, aiming to break the dialogue down and to fully block it.

Dacic: EU membership, regional stability priorities for Serbia (TV N1)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that membership in the European Union and regional stability are Serbia’s key foreign policy priorities, TV N1 reports.

Speaking to students at the 8th class of High Security and Defense Studies, Dacic said that Kosovo is an issue of the highest national interest and the greatest political and security challenge, adding that Serbia will remain committed to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and compromise as the only way to reach a viable solution.