"Our conditions in Kosovo talks are known"

Source: Tanjug

VILNIUS -- Prime Minister Ivica Dačić says Belgrade has informed Brussels about what constitutes "sufficient cause and condition" to accept an agreement with Priština.

(Tanjug, file)

"In recent days several questions have been defined which Belgrade believes must be contained in an agreement that the Serbian side could accept," Dačić told Tanjug on Tuesday afternoon.
He said that Belgrade, meanwhile, "provided answers to the question it was asked - what was sufficient reason and condition to accept the agreement."

He stressed that Belgrade "does not have any secrets, hidden agendas or desires to go to negotiations that would not succeed."

"On the contrary. We simply believe that it is vital to address the issue of the police, the judiciary and that some future Kosovo army would not be present in the northern territory," said Dačić.

"The issue of a date for the start of negotiations on Serbia's membership in the EU must not be at the expense of the quality of the agreement and its viability," said the prime minister

He added when he returned from Lithuania later this evening, there would be discussion about the composition of the delegation that will go to Brussels on Wednesday, but added that, considering that this time the talks had been scheduled urgently - the delegation would be in its "narrower format."

Dačić reiterated that Belgrade was ready to continue the dialogue in Brussels and that progress was possible if there was good will on the other side as well.

"It is expected that these talks will start already in the morning, I guess as usual, first bilaterally with High Representative Catherine Ashton and later the plenary session," Dačić said.

He added that Belgrade was approaching the continuation of the dialogue "in good faith and with good will."

Dačić stressed that Serbia wanted to make progress in relations with Priština "because this was primarily in its own interest."

"In recent days we have analyzed further steps to be made, aware of the gravity of the situation and the responsibility that lies before us, but also the need to reach an agreement and that it should reflects what can be done on the ground, and which representatives of the Serb people in Kosovo would be satisfied with," Dačić said.

The prime minister expressed his gratitude to Catherine Ashton and the EU, and the embassies of Western countries, including the United States, "for showing their understanding for Belgrade's position that the dialogue should continue."

"And if there is good will on the other side, progress in the dialogue can be expected," Dačić stressed.

"We are ready to continue the dialogue, we do not believe that tomorrow is D Day in the sense that we must to come to an agreement or else the world will end," concluded the prime minister.