"Talks with Priština to be raised to higher level"

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić stated on Tuesday in Belgrade that the ongoing Belgrade-Priština talks "will be taken to a higher level".

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The new negotiating team will take over full responsibility for further resolution of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, he said during his meeting with Austria's outgoing ambassador to Serbia, Clemens Koja.
Koja expressed support for Serbia's efforts to continue the negotiating process with representatives of the interim authorities in Priština, reads a press release isszed by the president's press service.

Nikolić received a farewell visit from Ambassador Koja, who voiced belief that Serbia has future in the European Union and supported Belgrade's efforts to continue talks with Priština.

The Austrian ambassador also pointed to historical ties "between Europe and Serbia", and added that Austria will keep supporting reforms on Serbia's EU path, said the statement.