On 24 October the new round of Kosovo- Serbia

Next week, which in all likelihood Thursday 24 October, the new round of meetings under dialogue for normalisation of reports between Kosovo and Serbia is expected to take place at the level of chief negotiators.

So said Radio Free Europe's diplomatic sources in the European Union, without specifying meetings.

In the EU, they always use the word “meetings”, as they are not sure whether there will be a trilateral meeting -- that is, a meeting between the two delegations in the presence of EU facilitators.

So far, bilateral meetings have usually been held between the EU envoy for the dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, and the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia, but not even trilateral meetings.

The last time a trilateral meeting was held was the July 2nd meeting this year. After the meeting, however, the parties came up with diametrically opposed positions about what had happened at meetings. The sides had accused each other of “of readiness for dialogue”.

In recent days, Lajcak has held consultations with the parties. But besides stating that the road ahead in the dialogue is being considered, on the part of the EU that brokers this process that has started in 2011 í have not provided details on which topics the parties will deal with at the next meetings.

In the EU, but even in NATO they are increasingly expressing disappointment over the current flow of dialogue, saying the process is not producing expected results. So has the Secretary General. NATO, Mark Rutte, expressing concern about this.

The European emissary for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, has mandated the post by the end of January 2025. Meanwhile, in the EU, they expect to see what approach to dialogue new senior foreign policy representative Kaya Kallas will have after she receives the mandate. Its mandate will begin when the entire new European Commission team is ready after it is confirmed by the European Parliament.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has declared he expects new dynamics from the European Commission in terms of dialogue.