PRISTINA, August 1/ATA/ EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell invited Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti and President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic to a meeting in Brussels, sources in the European bloc confirmed for Radio Free Europe.
Kurti and Vucic have received an invitation to continue the dialogue on all the open issues between the two countries.
Sources in Brussels said that the tensions between the two are a direct consequence of the leaders’ unwillingness to sit down and continue the dialogue.
Officials in Brussels emphasized that before the start of the summer holidays in the EU, it was planned to hold a meeting between the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia.
“As there is no meeting, we now have tensions that have the potential to escalate because we have a hot topic again. Any responsible politician would get on a plane and come to Brussels as soon as possible in order to find a solution in Brussels,” a European official told Radio Free Europe on condition of anonymity.
According to REL sources, Borrell’s invitation for the meeting in Brussels is open and so far there is no date for the new round of dialogue because “everything depends on the political will of the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia”.
So far, there is no confirmation of the participation of the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia in this meeting called by Borrell. As confirmed in Brussels, EU representatives have been in constant contact with representatives of Pristina and Belgrade during July 31 when local Serbs put barricades in the north of Kosovo.
The barricades were a reaction to two decisions of the Government of Kosovo regarding Serbian license plates and documents. According to the decision, all citizens of Serbia who will enter Kosovo will be provided with an entry-exit document to enter the territory of the state. This document will be valid for 90 days.
Meanwhile, the second decision on license plates reads that all persons who have cars with license plates bearing the abbreviations of the cities of Kosovo, which are issued by Serbia, must re-register their cars.
After the tensions in the north of Kosovo, the Government of Kosovo pledged to postpone implementation of the decision for 30 days, when the barricades are removed. Some barricades in Rudare began to be removed on the morning of August 1.
In context of the EU-mediated dialogue, Kurti and Vucic met twice but, both meetings did not bring any concrete results./REL/p.s./
