USA Ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison said the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina would also mitigate other problems on the both sides, Tanjug news agency reported. “We want Kosovo and Serbia to work together on normalization.

European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia, David McAllister urged Pristina authorities to revoke the decision on tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tanjug news agency reported. He noted it is not easy, however Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci have raised the dialogue to the new level.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met in Belgrade on Tuesday with Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova in charge of European Integration Iurie Leanca.

Authorities are getting ready for early elections, while the opposition pursues campaign of an active boycott. Opposition aims to fight for more equal electoral conditions and then they would consider whether to take part in the election or not, analyst Cvjetin Milivojevic told TV N1, commenting on the recent political situation in Serbia. On the other side, analyst Dragomir Andjelkovic does not think Serbia is on the verge of an early elections, however it may get there soon.

Deadline to reach an agreement on Kosovo has been extended by the end of this year, Belgrade-based daily Danas writes referring to its diplomatic sources. The daily added at the moment the US is mainly focused on Venezuela, while the EU is dealing with forthcoming elections for the European Parliament. US supports minimal correction of the borders and exchange of territories, and it includes that Serbia would get Lesak and foothills of Kopaonik Mountain, while Kosovo would get villages in Presevo municipality, located on the west side of the highway, known as Corridor 10.

Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies Jelena Milic said the time is not right for opposition protests in Serbia. Milic also said that now is not the moment because the finalization of negotiations with Pristina, which should be completed as soon as possible, is in the interest of the security of the whole region and should currently have priority. She told Voice of America (VOA) that the protests against Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic weaken the position in Belgrade, although at the moment it seems Pristina is losing support.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric commenting on statement of Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj that border correction suits only Russian President and anyone who opens the issue of borders is an enemy to the Albanian people, said that we are not in 1999, Tanjug news agency reports. “I wish if more responsible and reasonable people would lead Albanians, since irresponsibility is not rare among them,” Djuric said, adding “that more and more people in the world know the truth about what creation so-called Kosovo is and what is the origin of their politics.”

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says now is the right time internationally to make progress in resolving the Kosovo issue.

Majority of actions that Pristina can conduct against Trepca-North have already been experienced. Director Jovan Dimkic thinks the goal is to economically destroy the model according to which “Trepca” operates. He does not expect, however, physical violence, RTS reports. Legal expert Dr. Dusko Celic opined that the international arbitration can be a solution if the shareholders file a complaint.

Commenting on a statement of British Ambassador to UN, Karen Pierce, who at the latest UNSC session on Kosovo said that “Pristina has a right to have an army,” Russian Embassy in London reacted assessing that the Great Britain and other Western states ignore the threat that forming of the so-called Kosovo army could represent to the Serbian population in Kosovo and Metohija. The Russian Embassy in a statement underlined that a possibility of forming so-called Kosovo army represents a direct threat against the Serbs who live in Kosovo and would drastically increase the potentional for a new so