Serbia's top officials to meet Monday or Tuesday

Vucic said Sunday that there was talk of having the meeting Sunday night, but it takes time to harmonize all agreements so it will probably take place Monday or Tuesday. The key political figures want to agree on Serbia's next moves before the dialogue with Pristina resumes on April 2, since the previous round did not bring any progress after the European Union put forward a paper Belgrade found unacceptable, writes the daily Vecernje Novosti. Vucic said he expects Serbia will be offered "at least something" in the eighth round of dialogue, as "nothing was offered" in the previous one. "We offered many concessions and compromises and got nothing in return. We expect if not a great deal, then at least something from the other side," said Vucic. Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday that he insisted on the extension of the dialogue until April 2, adding that in the meantime Serbia has to assess its strength and the realpolitik it will pursue. Dacic underlined that Serbia wants to get a date for the beginning of accession talks with the EU in order to change its geopolitical and geostrategic position which, as he put it, is not easy because it has no one in the region to turn to for help. When asked what will happen if Belgrade gets the same offer it got on March 20, Dacic said that in this case it will be difficult to reach an agreement. Dacic reiterated that Serbia insists on an association of Serb municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija which will have a certain role that will not be limited to protocol, adding that a solution cannot be found in standard forms. He added that EU High Representative Catherine Ashton wants the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to end before she submits her report on April 16. The prime minister underlined that there is no more time, adding that if no compromise is reached by April 16, Serbia will have to wait for a whole year to continue the EU integration process, as it will not resume until the second half of 2014.