The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, told the media in Brussels that during the round of high-level dialogue, he did not meet with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, despite the fact that such a meeting was announced by the European Union.
“There was no meeting with Kurti because Kurti did not want or dare – ask him – to meet me and talk. I believe that you will learn more about this from the Europeans”, Vucic said during a statement to the media.
Vucic said that he returned three times to the meeting with the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and the bloc’s envoy for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, who conveyed Kurt’s messages to him, to which he responded. He correctly assessed the meeting with the European mediators.
“He didn’t want to meet me”, said Vucic when asked by journalists why there was no joint meeting, adding that Kurti said that “he is not ready for a meeting with Vucic”.
“I am sure that the EU in its announcement will say who did not want talks today”.
According to the Serbian president, Kurti wants Serbia to recognize Kosovo and “now they have come up with some other demands, but basically it is a de jure recognition”.
Vucic said that during the bilateral meetings, everything related to Kosovo and the implementation of agreements was discussed, as he considered the meetings in Brussels “successful”.
He added that the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia will continue the talks next week, “on Tuesday or Wednesday”.
Previously, Vucic, through a post on Instagram, stated that at the meeting he also insisted on the establishment of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority in Kosovo.
Two rounds of bilateral meetings were held in Brussels today between the high representative for foreign policy and security of the European Union, Josep Borrell, and the EU envoy for dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, with the prime minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the Serbian president. , Vucic.
Despite the fact that the EU had warned that a tripartite meeting would be held after the bilateral meetings, it did not happen.
Before the meetings with Kurti and Vucic, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that he expects that today’s dialogue meeting between Kosovo and Serbia will discuss the achievements in the dialogue, but also the start of the implementation of the Agreement on the way to the normalization of relations.
