The Presidency confirms, the Valley issue is also discussed in Brussels

However, in the Office of President Thaci, they say that in Brussels they will seek rights for Albanians of three Albanian municipalities in Serbia, but do not say their union with Kosovo will be required.

The Kosovo presidency has once again indicated that the Presevo Valley issue will be discussed in Brussels' talks with Serbia. Officials from the Presidency have told “Zit” that there will be many problems facing the Albanians of the Valley, starting with respect to basic human rights to national and political rights.

On the other hand, Albanian leaders of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac have again demanded that the Valley become part of the Republic of Kosovo. Eastern Kosovo Albanian representatives have told the paper that even this Albanian-populated part should be included in the Kosovo dialogue process ? On the other hand, connoisseurs of political issues in Kosovo have estimated that the leader of the dialogue (from the Kosovar side), Hashim Thaci, could table the Valley issue more to show that it is not easy to make any harmful agreements for Kosovo than he is really interested in solving the Valley problem.

Bekim Colak, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci's chief of staff, has confirmed that the Presevo Valley issue will be discussed in Brussels.

Of course I do. Serbia is obliged to respect and affirm community rights in this case by Albanians in line with the highest European standards. Unfortunately, Serbia is still far from meeting these standards when it comes to the rights of Albanians in the Presevo Valley”, it has declared “Zerin”.