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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said after a meeting in Belgrade with the European Union (EU) special envoy, Peter Sorensen, that it is essential that the dialogue with Kosovo "returns to the obligation" to form the Association of Serb-majority municipalities, as well as to protect the rights of Serbs.
"Our policy is the policy of peace, strongly committed to seeking compromise solutions through dialogue, but also determined and responsible in protecting state and national interests," Vučić wrote on Instagram on August 26, after meeting with Sorensen.
He added that the "attempt to ban" the participation of the Serbian List in the upcoming elections in Kosovo shows that "respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of political action of Serbs is at risk."
Vučić also emphasized that he had an open conversation with Sorensen, focused on the possibilities for continuing the dialogue with Pristina, as well as on the challenges related to the position of Serbs in Kosovo.
Sorensen, after meeting with Vučić, will also meet with the director of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, Petar Petković.
The EU envoy for the dialogue visited Pristina on August 6, where he discussed the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement with Kosovo officials.
Asked by journalists about the current state of the dialogue for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, Sorensen briefly said that the process is "active."
The agreement in question was reached between the two parties in 2023.
Although it has not been signed, the EU insists that the agreement is binding.
The 11-article document, among other things, provides for a level of self-government for the Serbian community in Kosovo, mutual recognition of state symbols, avoiding Serbia's blocking of Kosovo's membership in international organizations, and the obligation for Pristina and Belgrade to implement all previous agreements reached in dialogue.
The last round of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, mediated by the EU, was held on June 10.
After this meeting, at the level of chief negotiators, Sorensen stated that preparations are being made for a high-level meeting.
Such a meeting between Kosovo and Serbia has not taken place since September 2023.
That meeting took place just days before a group of armed Serbs attacked Kosovo police in Banjska, near Zvecan.
Kosovo blames Serbia for that event, while Belgrade denies any involvement.
Sorensen came to Serbia in the midst of a political crisis and months of anti-government protests, which erupted after the death of 16 people in the collapse of the roof of the Novi Sad Railway Station.
The protesters, in addition to demanding responsibility for this tragedy, are also demanding the holding of early parliamentary elections - a demand that the authorities are rejecting. /REL
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