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Resuming dialogue with Pristina on 24 January in Brussels

Belgrade, 22 January 2017

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced today that dialogue with Pristina will be continued in Brussels on 24 January, adding that the meeting will be attended by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

Resuming dialogue with Pristina on 24 January in Brussels

At a press conference in the Serbian government Vucic expressed hope that the upcoming talks in Brussels will be sufficiently rational, as to bringing weapons in an environment where the majority Serbs lives in Kosovo, stressing that it is important for Serbia to avoid conflicts and provocations.

Also, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that the talks will be successful, stressing that he will invest a lot of effort and work that in order to provide an economically secure future for the citizens of Serbia.

He said that after meetings with EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Davos, the situation in the Western Balkans has calmed down.

Vucic said that talks in Brussels will not be easy, because it starts from two opposing premises – that Kosovo is independent and that is part of Serbia.

The Prime Minister said that there was much talk about the train from Belgrade to Kosovska Mitrovica, but no one paid attention to 17 armoured vehicles and special units ROSU, clean up of ethnic Albanians in northern Kosovo and Metohija.

He explained that the Brussels agreement stipulates that the police units in the north of Kosovo-Metohija must be made in accordance with the ethnic composition and that the same applies to special units.

Vucic added that he is happy that the conflict was avoided, although some wanted to provoke it.

The Prime Minister said that the upcoming meeting with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina Denis Zvizdic in Belgrade will focus on important issues for the two countries, stressing that it is important to talk about the future together.

He noted that it is important to seriously look into the positions of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia regarding their common future.

Serbs and Bosniaks have to have an agreement, but everyone else must reach an agreement, on how to function in the future, to solve everything through dialogue, and then upgrade cooperation in education, culture and sport, he said.

The Prime Minister reiterated that Serbia supports the implementation of the Dayton agreement, noting that the agreement brought peace to Bosnia-Herzegovina and adding that he does not want to interfere in the internal situation in Republika Srpska and Bosnia-Herzegovina.