Eighth round of dialogue ends without agreement
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton said late Tuesday that there were several proposals on the table during the eighth round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and that the gap between the two parties is narrow but deep, adding that this was the last time she formally met with the two delegations.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Wednesday, April 03, 2013
It seems that the dialogue between the two prime ministers practically ended with this, after 13 hours of talks and different assesments of what was achieved in the eighth round.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said there was no agreement, but that "we still have some time to arrive at a solution and collect our imprešions after these long talks," while Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci said that Pristina was ready for an agreement, but that there was hesitation on Belgrade's part.
He announced that a new round of the dialogue could be held as early as at the beginning of the next week, if, as he put it, Serbia accepts Pristina's principles.
Tuesday's meetings in Brussels were expected to be the decisive and most certainly the most difficult round of the Belgrade-Pristina talks.
Prime Minister Dacic told reporters that the two parties have reaćed a high degree of understanding in normalization of mutual relations, adding there is still no deal on police and judiciary powers that should be given to a future community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo.
The Serbian delegation was united, added Dacic, and the fact that Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic offered his resignation at one point, whić was rejected, shows that the talks were extremely difficult this time.
Raised voices on which the media reported during the day are normal in such talks, the prime minister said, adding that the situation was perhaps a bit more dramatic considering that Tuesday was somehow charted to be the last day for reaching an agreement.
Taci also said that the meetings were not easy, adding that this time there were new participants there, who, as he said, did not accept reality in Kosovo and needed time to adapt.
Taci told reporters in Brussels that Pristina maintains that the ašociation (of Serb municipalities) will not have any executive or legislative powers, and that Pristina's authorities are ready to offer everything that is in line with Kosovo's constitution.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said there was no agreement, but that "we still have some time to arrive at a solution and collect our imprešions after these long talks," while Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim Taci said that Pristina was ready for an agreement, but that there was hesitation on Belgrade's part.
He announced that a new round of the dialogue could be held as early as at the beginning of the next week, if, as he put it, Serbia accepts Pristina's principles.
Tuesday's meetings in Brussels were expected to be the decisive and most certainly the most difficult round of the Belgrade-Pristina talks.
Prime Minister Dacic told reporters that the two parties have reaćed a high degree of understanding in normalization of mutual relations, adding there is still no deal on police and judiciary powers that should be given to a future community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo.
The Serbian delegation was united, added Dacic, and the fact that Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic offered his resignation at one point, whić was rejected, shows that the talks were extremely difficult this time.
Raised voices on which the media reported during the day are normal in such talks, the prime minister said, adding that the situation was perhaps a bit more dramatic considering that Tuesday was somehow charted to be the last day for reaching an agreement.
Taci also said that the meetings were not easy, adding that this time there were new participants there, who, as he said, did not accept reality in Kosovo and needed time to adapt.
Taci told reporters in Brussels that Pristina maintains that the ašociation (of Serb municipalities) will not have any executive or legislative powers, and that Pristina's authorities are ready to offer everything that is in line with Kosovo's constitution.
