Belgrade-Priština talks completed without agreement

Source: Beta, Tanjug

BRUSSELS -- Another round of talks between Belgrade and Priština was completed in Brussels late on Thursday without “final results”.

Borislav Stefanović (Beta, file)

An agreement on administrative crossings and Priština's participation in regional forums was not reached and it is not yet known when the talks will continue, Tanjug has learned from Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović.

"Unfortunately, not even after 12 hours of difficult talks have we managed to agree on the issue of administrative crossings or Priština's participation in regional forums," he said.

"We remain ready to continue the talks but at this point we are not sure when this will happen," the team head added.

Stefanović pointed out that the Serbian delegation had proposed a number of possibilities, options and modalities in accordance with the Serbian Constitution and Resolution 1244, noting, however, that the problem was that "for some reason Priština opposes the Resolution 1244, even though on certain occasions they were prepared to refer to it."

“As for the issue of crossings, the Priština delegation requested that it should be completed and that Priština's symbols should be set up, but a huge problem is that they were not prepared to allow the crossing of vehicles with license plates of Kosovo towns issued by Serbia,” he underlined.

"Regardless of this, certain progress has been made, and we have yet to agree on several other issues. As for the implementation, we managed to agree on certificates for the crossing of the administrative line," Stefanović stressed.

The two delegations talked for over 12 hours on Wednesday in an attempt to achieve an agreement.

Beta news agency has learned from diplomatic sources in Brussels that there is a possibility that the talks will be continued during the weekend.