Talks in Brussels, delegation statements and draft document resolution of license issue

In Brussels a draft document has been finalised for resolving the issue of license plates between Kosovo and Serbia, meanwhile, as long as Kosovo has accepted such a document, the Serb side still has not.

The document bill has been achieved with the mediation of Special Representative of the European Union Miroslav Lajcak, but both delegations -- the Kosovo and Serbia -- have not held a joint meeting.

In a tweet, Stano has said negotiations continue to find a solution to the current crisis in northern Kosovo.

Meeting in Brussels for license plates, Bislimi: Final agreement expected approval by Serbia

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi has announced that a draft agreement has been reached on the plates.

According to Bislim, a draft agreement reached with the EU will include the application of “to license plates, the withdrawal of special units and Serbian barricades, the deployment of KFOR members at border crossings and the formation of a working group to address the issue of the vehicle free movement.

We have tried to force Serbia to remove procedures for Kosovo citizens to move towards Serbia. And I think that was today's result, we can say it's a deal.

Of course, we would prefer that there are no barrier and these two countries today recognize the whole other countries' tables, this will also be the main target of the working group that we will establish and which will start meeting since October 21st.

We have an agreement on all points. The only point where the Serb side has not yet agreed has to do with cars having license plates ( KM ) for North Mitrovica, which they think would not have to apply stickers, and I think that's absurd because they're illegal boards”, Bislimi said in a direct connection to public television.

Serbia's delegation to Brussels: Still no agreement about crisis in northern Kosovo

Serbia's chief negotiator in talks in Brussels with Kosovo, Petar Petkov, has concluded bilateral talks Wednesday with EU Special Representative for Dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, shortly before 9:00.

According to Serbian media, Petkov did not issue statements to the media and Belgrade's delegation in these negotiations could not confirm whether talks in Brussels will continue tomorrow.

However, the Belgrade delegation has confirmed that no agreement was reached during yesterday's talks.

This was also confirmed by EU spokesman Peter Stano, and the American Embassy in Pristina, who said negotiations are continuing in order to reach a solution to the current crisis in northern Kosovo.

US: Progress in Brussels Between Kosovo and Serbia, But Negotiations Continue

Following the warnings of Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi that the agreement is close to the Serbian side, the first reactions from the international community have come.

It was EU spokesman Peter Stano who reacted first, saying negotiations are continuing, and there is no agreement reached.

After Stanos, the response of the workloader at the US Embassy in Kosovo, Nicholas J. Giacobbe.

He through a Twitter announcement has said that progress exists, but negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels continue.

Despite media reports [for agreement between the sides], negotiations in Brussels continue. Progress has been made, but the work is not finished. We encourage Kosovo and Serbia to continue to seriously commit to a” agreement, wrote Nicholas J. Giacobbe.

Otherwise, the Kosovo government had imposed reciprocity for license plates on September 20th, saying Serbia for years applied the same measure for Kosovo license plates.

Under the decision, all Serbia's license plates should be removed from Kosovo and provided with temporary license plates issued by Kosovo authorities.

For these temporary license plates, drivers were forced to pay five euros, and their validity is two months. /Telegraph