Lajcak: Kosovo, Serbia agree to continue discussions on plates, meeting on May 13th

Through a Twitter post, Lajcak has said he will continue discussions on May 13th.

“I am happy to show you that after consultations with the two chief negotiator teams yesterday and today, we agreed to continue our discussions on May 13th in Brussels on finding a permanent solution to the number of license plates”, Lajcak said.

Otherwise, Kosovo's chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi, had held a trilateral meeting with Serbian counterpart Petar Petkovic and Emissar Miroslav Lajcak, on April 21st, but had signed no final agreement on the plates.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Bislimi, the Serbian side had introduced its preference to working groups, and had acknowledged that the task for a solution to the license issue to be carried to the chief negotiators and that solutions be found for the next 30 days.

The Serbian “Pala has not held to the agreement on the sides, our side that has chosen its preference at the first meeting, the Serb side has refused to determine its preference. As a result, we have not been able to present a solution today. Once again, at the request of Mr. Lajcak, we have offered an additional concession that for 30 days duties from the task force to be delivered to the chief negotiators so that we can find a solution together, but the Serbian side has not accepted”, Bislim said.

The interim agreement expired on April 21st.

With the interim agreement, Kosovo and Serbia have agreed that the vehicles of the two countries -- during the circulation in each other's territories -- cover with sticky white letters of state symbols in the license plates.