Lajcak talks about the meeting with Petkov Bissim: Discussions Were Beneficial

This, Lajcak wrote in a reaction on the X platform, while talking about the meeting as the next round of Kosovo-Serbia talks.

Kosovo's chief negotiators, Besnik Bislimi and Serbia's Petar Petkoviq, waited for a round of dialogue meetings in Brussels. Our discussions were helpful to make progress on a series of issues on our agenda”, he said.

Kosovo's chief negotiator in dialogue with Serbia, Besnik Bislimi, has said on Thursday that without signing the agreements reached so far, it cannot move towards their implementation, while his Serbian counterpart, Petar Petkov, has said that the draft status state for forming the Association of Serb majority municipalities in Kosovo has been the main topic of discussion.

“over the past week, Mr. Lajcak has brought us a new draft, which puts for the first time complete parallelism in implementing the Agreement, or more balanced implementation, and we have been trying to give final comments to this draft so that the same is acceptable to our side. I think there's been great willingness of Lajcak to accommodate our proposals and all have been well discussed in detail”, Bislim said, after the meeting.

Asked whether a Western delegation was discussed in Pristina and Belgrade, Bislimi has said this point has been on the agenda, but the Kosovo side has made clear its stance since October 26th, when Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has talked with Western officials.

He has said that there should be signing of draft status and agreement for normalisation so they can be implemented

“cannot start implementing [without signing], because we need assurance that we have a valid agreement, which brings commitment to the other side”.

Bislimi has said that at the meeting it has also been discussed on energy issues, with the registration of Serbian illegal license plates at the RKS Republic of Kosovo, and the holding of elections in northern Kosovo municipalities.

Asked whether there would be a next meeting under the dialogue between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq by the end of the year, Bislimi has said Lajcak did not mention concrete dates.

The “is a fact that the elections in Serbia have greatly damaged the process, because they are assigned as an umbrella for the performance of the dialogue process. This brings uncertainty about how we can move on. This meeting has not been discussed at all and no moment the option for future times”.