Lajčak:Agreed next meeting of main negotiators from Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels

PRISTINA – The European Union envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, announced that during the meeting with the deputy prime minister of the institutions, Besnik Bislimi, in Pristina, the next meeting of the chief negotiators in Brussels was agreed upon. In a statement to the media after the meeting, Lajcak said that the date of the meeting cannot be announced without coordination with others, without providing more details about it. The EU envoy announced that during the meeting, the opening of the bridge on the Ibar, in Kosovska Mitrovica, was also discussed, and reiterated that the bridge should be opened for traffic, but only in cooperation with Pristina’s international partners. European Commission spokesman Peter Stano confirmed earlier for Tanjug that the EU’s special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, will visit Pristina. Stano, in a written response, stated that Lajcak currently does not plan to visit Belgrade. Lajcak recently announced that he will travel to Pristina to prepare the meeting of the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels. The EU special envoy, during the recently held Global Security Forum “GLOBSEC 2024” in Prague, met with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic. Vucic stated that in the conversation with Lajcak, he requested a concrete and unambiguous reaction from the EU and member states not only in condemning the latest violence from Pristina in Kosovo, but also in preventing such actions and protecting Serbs. Stano previously assessed that the situation in Kosovo is quite unstable and advised the Pristina authorities to avoid any actions and steps that are unilateral, uncoordinated, and may contribute to increased tensions and further escalation of the situation. .(September 6)