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Pristina must withdraw measures in order for dialogue to continue

Belgrade, 5 June 2020

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated today after a meeting with Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi and ambassadors of the EU Member States that she hopes that Pristina will withdraw all its measures that disrupt economic cooperation.

Brnabic said at a press conference at the Serbian government that one of the topics of the meeting was the formation of a new government within the framework of interim institutions of self-government in Pristina and further expected steps necessary for the dialogue to continue.

I welcomed the appointment of Miroslav Lajcak as EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and I are in constant contact with Lajcak and we hope that all measures that disrupt economic cooperation and prevent the flow of goods and people will be abolished, so that we could go back to dialogue, Brnabic stated.

Regarding the messages from Brussels that Serbia will not be able to become a member of the EU without an agreement on normalisation of relations with Pristina, Brnabic noted that that is not something new, but that it is still too early for a debate on what that agreement will look like.

The Prime Minister stated that she understands that the EU does not want to import open issues to new EU member states and that she believes that it is not an exaggeration to say that the EU has had a bad experience with that many times.

From this point of view, what they say makes sense. On the other hand, it is also in our interest, for the sake of quality of life of our citizens and our economy, stability and prosperity to close that issue and to work on the normalisation of relations with Pristina, the Prime Minister underlined.

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi said that Brussels is fully committed to reaching a comprehensive normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.