The new round of negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia gave no results.
In the Brussel meeting held this Monday, chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi and Petar Petković discussed on a variety of topics, mostly focused in the implementation of the Agreement towards normalization between the two countries.
Bislimi confirmed that during last week’s visit, EU mediator Miroslav Lajčák sent some documents related to the competences of the mechanism for the implementation of the agreement, with the implementation of the Declaration on the Disappeared, and his approach on how to proceed with the formation of the Association of Serb Municipalities.
“It is clearly stated in those documents that no party can block the implementation of any article. This is our guide. I don’t believe the EU is willing to let go of a document that they brought and published on their website,” said Bislimi at the end of the meeting.
On the other hand, Serbia’s chief negotiator confirmed that Belgrade has insisted on the formation of the Associations, but discussions with Pristina aren’t easy.
“When we had to talk about serious issues, related to the wellbeing of Serbs in Kosovo, Albin Kurti’s institutional violence towards Serbs, which happens every day… Bislimi didn’t want to give concrete answers. All the time, he would try to make the flow of the dialogue meaningless,” Petković told journalists after the meeting.
Ahead of the trilateral meeting, Lajčák held separate meetings with Bislimi and Petković.
This was the first chief negotiators meeting after that between Albin Kurti and Aleksandar Vučić on May 2nd in Brussel.
There are no announcements as to what will be the next steps in the dialogue and when the next meeting will be held.
