Serbia\u2019s President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 stated that talks with Kosovo\u2019s Prime Minister Albin Kurti ended without success \u201cin terms of finding a clear path towards the normalization of relations\u201d.<\/p>\n
The two leaders met on Thursday in Brussels for the first time in over four months.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all have our proposals; the Albanians have theirs, and we have ours. In the end, we, as Serbia, accepted the EU compromise proposal. Kurti did not want to accept it. The meeting has ended,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 told reporters.<\/p>\n
When asked about the EU\u2019s proposal, he mentioned that primarily it was about the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities \u2013 \u201cto see if we have a credible process or not\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is clear that Kurti simply avoids the formation of the Association… This is the essence of everything. Serbia does not shirk its obligations,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 said.<\/p>\n
Since there is no agreement, such a situation \u201conly leads to bigger problems\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
The Serbian President said that the meeting also discussed the possibility of holding new elections in northern Kosovo, an area predominantly inhabited by Serbs.<\/p>\n
He mentioned that if Albanian mayors of municipalities there resign, he \u201cwill give everything he has\u201d for the Serbian community to participate in the new electoral process, but he cannot promise on their behalf.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst and foremost, I am concerned. Second, I am dissatisfied \u2013 at least, I am pleased that Serbia has shown its constructiveness, responsibility, and willingness to approach compromise solutions… And third, I am even more concerned about the position of the Serbian people in Kosovo, after everything I have seen and heard today,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 said.<\/p>\n
He did not specify further but mentioned that he is, of course, expecting the reaction of the EU.<\/p>\n
Kurti and Vu\u010di\u0107 previously held separate meetings with the mediators of the dialogue, the EU\u2019s Chief of Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, and the EU\u2019s Special Envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we will see if they are ready to take responsibility,\u201d Borrell wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n
\nI am hosting President @predsednikrs<\/a> Vu\u010di\u0107 and Prime Minister @albinkurti<\/a> for a High-Level Meeting of the Dialogue in Brussels.<\/p>\n
It is time to start implementing the Agreement on the path to Normalisation in earnest. Today, we will see if they are ready to take responsibility. pic.twitter.com\/q8ws2Pqtye<\/a><\/p>\n
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) September 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n