We have no interest in status quo. We don't want an ultimatum part of the conversation between Lajcak and Vuciq

The European Union's Special Representative for Dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo, Miroslav Lajcak, said after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade that dialogue is essential for both sides to advance on the European road.

The EU member states expect dialogue to continue constructively and confidently. We have no interest in preserving the status quo,” said Lajcak.

He added that the EU expects both sides to implement everything that has been achieved in the dialogue process in the past 10 years.

Vucic said he had a good and meaningful conversation with Lajcak.

Serbia is committed to dialogue with Pristina and is willing to continue dialogue at any time when it is invited to Brussels... Serbia supports Lajcak's activities and intentions to reach a solution that would mean satisfaction for both sides, but without ultimatums and embed for a solution”, Vucic said.

Our conclusion is that Serbia will insist on full implementation of previous agreements. This also means formation of the Serbian Communist Association and all that was not met, and was mandatory”.

Vucic said that if someone thinks it is possible that there is someone who will strike Serbia with a hammer in the head and says you must recognise an independent Kosovo, this will not happen”.

Ahead of the visit, Lajcak said he was not coming to Belgrade with a <x0ulatum”, that Serbia should not be afraid of renewed co-operation between the EU and the US in resolving the Kosovo issue, and that he was convinced there is room because Serbia and Kosovo could agree to bilateral relations.

Lajcak stressed that during his visit to Pristina and Belgrade, he would like to hear the answer to the question when dialogue in Brussels will continue.

The EU Special Representative arrived in Belgrade from Pristina, where he spoke with political party leaders and Kosovo's current leadership.

Lajcak said in Pristina that he did not expect dialogue between the two sides to last for years and that he believed it would end for several months, but that it was not up to the EU to speed up the process and that it belonged to Serbia and Kosovo to decide when they would continue.