Serbian premier hopes Brussels meeting with Kosovar leader will be constructive
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia’s prime minister has said that she expects meetings of Kosovar and Serbian leaders next week in Brussels to be constructive.
Ana Brnabic’s remarks came after meeting with US Ambassador Christopher Hill in the capital Belgrade.
Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic both accepted the invitation of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell for the meeting due to be held next Thursday.
Brnabic said Serbia’s key priorities are ‘maintaining peace and stability in the region’ as well as investing additional efforts with the aim of developing regional relations in all areas.
Brnabic added that the parties have great potential for cooperation in the energy sector through the Open Balkans initiative, which has proven to be an efficient framework for solving issues. Projects concerning renewable energy sources also seem to have potential.
Hill emphasized that continued dialogue is the only path to resolving open issues.
The leaders will meet with Borrell and Miroslav Lajcak, the EU’s special representative for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, on August 18 in the EU capital.
Tensions between Belgrade and Pristina escalated in late July ahead of Kosovo’s planned implementation of a new law making it mandatory for everyone, including Serbs living in Kosovo, to have a Kosovar ID card and license plate.
Later, Kosovo announced that it had decided to delay the new measures until September 1.
Vucic called for dialogue to resolve issues with Kosovo.
Launched in 2011, the EU-led Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue aims to normalize relations between the two Balkan countries and find a mutually agreeable solution for their disputes in the framework of a legally binding agreement.
Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, with most UN members, including the US, UK, France, Germany, and Türkiye, recognizing it as a separate autonomous country from its neighbor.
Serbia still claims that Kosovo is its territory.
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