The calling of local elections in northern Kosovo, the return of Serbs to the Kosovo police and judiciary and the withdrawal of the Kosovo Special Police Force are among the main demands of official Belgrade presented by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on September 13.
According to Serbia, the fulfillment of the requirements is a "necessary prerequisite for significant progress" in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Vucic announced that Belgrade would launch a "global diplomatic campaign" to meet the demands.
Serbia, according to the document released to the media ahead of Vucic's address, also announced that the parliament would pass a resolution declaring the "illegality" of all bodies and institutions established in Kosovo since independence. Vucic said that Serbia seeks to fulfill "everything that has been achieved and achieved in the dialogue process" between Belgrade and Pristina under the auspices of the European Union.
As Radio Free Europe (RFE) has learned from reliable sources in the EU, the two chief negotiators, Kosovo and Serbia, have confirmed that they will arrive in Brussels on September 17. And if there is no joint meeting, the confirmation of their arrival in the European capital means at least that they will have separate talks with the EU's special envoy for the dialogue, Miroslav Lajčak. Sources familiar with the process say both sides are responsible for any failure to organize a joint meeting of the main negotiators. For a year, there has been no dialogue at a high political level between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. In an interview with "Svoodna Europa" radio, Lajcak recently assessed that the societies in Kosovo and Serbia are not ready for the normalization of relations. | BGNES
