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Talks on Pristina’s regional representation to continue

Belgrade, 18 January 2012

Head of the Serbian team for dialogue with Pristina Borislav Stefanovic today affirmed that EU mediator in the dialogue Robert Cooper may arrive in Serbia next week to talk about finding a solution to the issue of Pristina’s regional representation.

Stefanovic told Tanjug news agency that the two sides are nowhere near a final solution to this issue, which is one of Serbia’s preconditions for acquiring EU candidate status in March.

We are constantly working on this. I invited Cooper to come to Belgrade and over the next several days we will hold a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary Philip Reeker, also in Belgrade, he noted.

At the moment it is clear that the talks are very dynamic, although there are no formal meetings in Brussels.

Stefanovic added that he expects the talks with Pristina to resume in end-January or early February, and a precondition for that is an agreement on Pristina’s regional representation in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

We remain true to the Resolution. Naturally, there are variations in which it can be manifested, but for us it is important that its numeric part be present. A variation without this is not acceptable to us and we were clear on that from the very first day, Stefanovic underlined.

He said he talked with Cooper via video link yesterday and that various proposals were brought forth on both sides.

Serbia reiterated its full commitment to Resolution 1244, and we also discussed the problem of implementing agreements reached in Brussels and the dynamics of their implementation, especially the revocation of the insurance fee at administrative crossings, Stefanovic observed.

He announced that a meeting will be held in Vienna next week, after which citizens will no longer have to pay insurance at administrative crossings.

We are doing our best to reach the agreement as promptly as we can. All sides are trying to get insurance agencies to find a solution through a technical agreement which will release citizens from paying instant insurance at crossings, Stefanovic concluded.