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Poe: America would like to help (Tanjug, B92, Voice of America)

A Co-chair of the Serbian Caucus in US Congress, Congressman from Texas Ted Poe expects that Washington would get active on the issue of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Serbian media report. “I think Washington would be more involved and it should be more involved in resolving this issue, and maybe move the EU to some other role, because I think that the US can help to encourage, not only Serbia, but Kosovo as well, to sit down at the negotiation table and resolve the issues that last for years,” Congressman Poe told Voice of America. According to him, Kosovo was part of the problem, due to

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“Trump’s letter casts all doubts away” (BETA, Danas)

Letter of Donald Trump sent to Hashim Thaci unequivocally shows there is a secret diplomacy held behind the scenes, leading towards resolution of the Kosovo issue, BETA news agency reports. These remarks were made by the leader of Peoples’ Party Vuk Jeremic. “If anyone had any dilemma whether it is true that things behind the scenes are being hastily brought to an end, this letter casts all doubts away,” Jeremic wrote on Twitter. He recalled that several times he presented the information about secret meetings between Serbian and Kosovo presidents, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci in Paris

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Blic: Trump "puts delimitation officially on table" (Blic, Tanjug, B92)

With his letter to Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, Donald Trump has practically put delimitation as a solution to the Kosovo problem officially on the table. That's according to Belgrade-based daily Blic. The paper writes, referring to diplomatic sources in Washington, that the US President was probably influenced by his National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, "who have been devoted to the issue in recent months." "This is an indisputable attempt by America to regain its influence on the Balkans.

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Mogherini warns alternative to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue dangerous (N1, Beta)

European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini on Tuesday called the authorities in Pristina to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on goods from Serbia and warned that the alternative to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is dangerous.

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Dacic: I can't stop no more the process of recognition withdrawals (B92)

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has assessed that Pristina cannot join any international organizations until it has reached an agreement with Belgrade.

As he said, Pristina cannot do this, regardless of who is standing behind it.

Speaking for Radio-Television of Vojvodina late on Tuesday, Dacic said Pristina today does not have a simple, let alone a two-thirds majority, required for membership in certain organizations.

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Dialogue only way to normalize relations, US diplomat tells Serbian President (BETA, TV N1)

US Assistant Secretary of State Wess Mitchel told Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that the dialogue is the only way to normalize Belgrade-Pristina relations, the Serbian President’s cabinet said in a press release on Tuesday. Speaking in a telephone conversation, Mitchel said that the crucial thing is to overcome tensions. The press release added that they discussed the situation in the region, especially Belgrade-Pristina relations. The Serbian President is quoted as saying that Serbia always wanted peace, stability and a compromise solution, adding that Belgrade will continue to be com

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Big three to be solving Kosovo issue, EU out? (Vecernje Novosti, B92)

The request of President Vucic made at Monday's session of the UN Security Council dedicated to Kosovo would bring the UN back to the negotiating table. Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti writes this on Wednesday. Namely, during the meeting of the Council, Vucic requested a greater future role of the UN in the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

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Could tensions about Kosovo prepare citizens for reaching solution? (Danas)

Serbian citizens would hardly change their red lines in relation to Kosovo, that suggest Kosovo should remain part of Serbia, Belgrade-based daily Danas writes. Following Pristina’s decision to impose 100 percent tariffs on goods from central Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, tensions in the Serbian public have been running high for days and according to some interpretations their aim is to inflame the situation, bring it to almost a pre-war condition, in which citizens in Serbia and Kosovo would easier accept solution of the two political elites, something they would not do should the circu

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Dacic for RTS: Important to hear from many countries condemnation of the Pristina's move (RTS)

Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, at the session of the UNSC, presented the genesis of the problems that Serbia faces, readiness for dialogue and a constructive approach, and on the other hand a clear opposition to the unilateral moves of Pristina to which they were used to in the past 20 years.

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