Lajcak talks about Serbian elections: We've been trying to figure out two months, it didn't work out.

The European Union's special envoy for the dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, has spoken of rejecting Quinn's proposal by the Kosovo Government to hold Serbia's elections.

He has said there has been an effort led by Quint and with active involvement of the European Union for nearly two months to find a formula that would accommodate the sensitivity of both sides.

However, in the end, Quint's proposal has not been accepted by the Government of Kosovo. So, there is no agreement and there will be no [Serb] elections on Kosovo territory”.

The proposal has suggested that the only official communication channel between the Government of Kosovo and the Government of Serbia, respectively, be used to submit Serbia's request [for elections] to Kosovo authorities. But this is not seen as a satisfactory or sufficient thing by the Kosovo government, which has called for direct communication among governments. But, as I said, there is sensitivity on both sides”.

The interlocking options are the only channel of communication that exists between the two governments. If we had normal interstate communication between Serbia and Kosovo, then there would be no need for dialogue. Dialogue develops to normalize relations. So Quint has tried to address sensitivities, but, unfortunately, it hasn't worked”, Lajcak said in an interview for the REL.