Under the pressure of growing tensions in Kosovo and the unilateral moves of Pristina, the EU special envoy is again trying to revive the negotiations. While Pristina takes control of key institutions in the north, Belgrade remains silent and the EU tries to maintain a dialogue that has less and less chance of success.
At a press conference in the House of the Army, Serbian Defense Minister Miloš Vučević and Chief of the General Staff Milan Mojsilović addressed the public regarding the situation in Kosovo and Metohija and the accusations coming from Pristina. They denied that Milan Radoičić was on training at Pasuljanski meadows and said that the Serbian Armed Forces never violated Resolution 1244 and the Military-Technical Agreement from Kumanovo
The situation in Kosovo is unstable and can easily escalate, says KFOR commander Angelo Mikele Ristuća. He also said that KFOR is ready to react to any events on the ground. He points out that a political solution is needed for peace and stability in Kosovo, and that NATO supports the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina under the auspices of the EU and with the support of the USA.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, accused the EU's special envoy for the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, of having "positioned himself" against Kosovo. The President of Serbia stated that the West is fundamentally on Kurti's side
The statement of the Prime Minister of Kosovo that his proposal was the only one on the table is factually incorrect, according to extracts from the European Union
"We had talks and I think they ended unsuccessfully in terms of finding a clear path towards the normalization of relations," said the President of Serbia.
After more than four months, Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurtij and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will meet on Thursday in Brussels as part of a dialogue under the auspices of the European Union (EU). Edward Joseph, a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, says that there are no high expectations for the announced meeting
Although the Serbs in Kosovo received almost nothing from the Brussels Agreement, the government in Serbia led by Aleksandar Vučić did. The biggest reward was the international validation that Vučić is not the "old" one, but that he is a progressive European politician
This time, for the first time, the representatives of the Serbs from Kosovo really left the Kosovo institutions. The red line they could not cross: the re-registration of Serbian KS plates to Kosovo RKS plates. While Serbian policemen are taking off their Kosovo uniforms, and the public is waiting for his highly regarded address to the nation, Aleksandar Vučić has had a series of meetings since Friday evening - with Kosovo Serbs, Miroslav Lajcak, Chinese, Russians, Americans and Patriarch Porfiri.
