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The chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia, in the dialogue for the normalization of relations, will hold new meetings today in Brussels, to continue efforts to find a solution for the transfer of financial resources in dinar currency from Serbia to Kosovo.
This will be the fifth meeting between the chief negotiators of the two countries on the issue of the Serbian dinar, the use of which was banned in Kosovo in February.
Besnik Bislimi from Kosovo and Petar Petkovic from Serbia will meet with the special envoy of the European Union, Miroslav Lajcak, to discuss this issue.
There may also be joint meetings between them, if there is a willingness on the part of the parties for such a thing.
EU envoy for dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, during a bilateral meeting with Kosovo's chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi, in Brussels in September 2023.
With the new regulation of the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK), the euro was designated as the only currency in Kosovo for cash payments from February 1. The entry into force of this regulation has angered Serbia, which through its state budget sends financial aid to Serbs living in Kosovo.
The international community has asked Kosovo to suspend the regulation, in order to give citizens time to adapt to the new practice.
However, the Government of Kosovo has insisted that it is an independent decision of the CBK and not a political decision.
In the meetings so far in Brussels on this issue, several proposals have been made for finding a solution according to which Serbia would be able to make payments to the beneficiaries of financial aid in Kosovo.
Lajcak said on Tuesday, two days before today's meeting, that he is working to find a solution to this issue.
In a summary of his activities during the week, he emphasized that in the last meetings with the chief negotiators they managed to "narrow the gap" regarding this topic.
However, the preliminary meeting last week in Brussels, where there was no tripartite meeting at all, ended without any results.
Kosovo's chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi, said after the April 18 meeting that the Serbian side had not come up with ideas on how to handle the EU envoy's initial proposal.
"This meeting can be called a futile meeting, with no result, and perhaps as a success of the obstructionist policy of the Serbian side," Bislimi said on April 18.
Meanwhile, Serbia's chief negotiator, Petar Petkovic, said Belgrade "did everything to find a solution". /REL
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