Serbia's Assembly approves dialogue report with Kosovo

For the adoption of the document, titled “Report for the negotiation process with the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina”, 205 MPs voted, while against it were 57.

“Raporti is written on 50 pages and lists tasks within the preparation and implementation of negotiations”, including: The association of Serb majority municipalities, police, judiciary, energy, economic opats, the transport of dangerous goods, as well as the missing ones, located in the last chapter.

The debate in Serbia's Parliament on this report lasted two days.

During his presentations, Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, said he would not recognise Kosovo's independence, Rel reports.

He also added that a realistic solution for Kosovo should be found and that real politics cannot be based on myths.

The largest opposition party in Serbia, the Freedom and Justice Party, did not vote for approval of the report.

The party's top official, Borko Stefanovic, told reporters that the report contains no proposals for resolving the Kosovo problem.

The only Albanian MP in Serbia's Parliament, Shaip Kamberi, during his presentation said Kosovo is independent of Serbia.

Kosovo has declared independence in 2008 and the International Court of Justice has ruled in 2010 that its independence does not conflict with international law.

Kosovo and Serbia have launched negotiations on normalising relations in 2011, with the European Union's mediation.

The negotiations process is expected to end with legally binding agreement.

Kosovo says this agreement should include mutual recognition, but Serbia does not accept, insisting on <x0 compromise resolution”.