Dačić and Thaci reach agreement in Brussels

Source: B92

BRUSSELS -- Ivica Dačić said late on Monday after his meeting with Hashim Thaci that it was "one of the most successful meetings in Brussels."

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Serbian politicians will be allowed to go to Kosovo during the election campaign, he said.
The meeting of the two prime ministers was held under the mediation of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.

Dačić said that they also agreed on the participation of the Serbs in the Central Election Commission and that 12,000 more Kosovo Serbs in the four municipalities in the north would be included in election rolls.

Thaci said after the meeting, which took the form of a working dinner, that it was constructive, but avoided answering whether his government's ban on visits of Serbian officials still applies.

Thaci said that "all Serbian officials will be allowed to come to Kosovo if they meet the official procedure and submit a request to the authorities in Priština."

Ashton invited the two prime ministers to another meeting in Brussels after Priština decided it would not allow Serbian officials to travel to Kosovo during the campaign for the November 3 local elections, and Dačić's warnings that he could "withdraw from the negotiations in Brussels."