Belgrade, Priština teams to meet Troika

A Serbian delegation will meet tomorrow with the Contact Group mediating Troika in London. The delegation will be led by Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. Belgrade, Pristina teams to meet Troika Beta has learned from the Kosovo Ministry that the Belgrade delegation will arrive in London tomorrow at about 12.30 p.m., and their meeting with the Troika representatives – EU’s Wolfgang Ischinger, U.S.’s Frank Wisner and Russia’s Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko – will begin at 6 p.m. In addition to Samardzic and Jeremic, the delegation includes the Deputy Minister for Kosovo Branislava Alendar, prime minister's adviser Aleksandar Simic and Deputy Foreign Minister Fedor Starcevic. Also present at the meeting in London will be the Belgrade team’s adviser, Professor Thomas Fleiner from Switzerland. Kosovo Serb representatives within the delegation will be Democratic Party MP Goran Bogdanovic, and Marko Jaksic, a Democratic Party of Serbia member and president of the Union of Serb Municipalities and Enclaves in Kosovo. The delegation will also be joined by one of the foreign minister’s colleagues. Pristina delegation at highest level in London The Pristina delegation will be represented at the highest level for its Wednesday meeting with the international Troika in London, and will present its vision of Kosovo-Serbian relations after the status issue is settled, negotiating team representatives announced today. Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, head of the negotiating team, said that the Kosovo Albanian side was ready to present its stand. “We will present our vision via a document relating to future Kosovo-Serbia relations, which will have the form of an international agreement. Here we have outlined the significant elements which pertain to the relaxation and further development of good neighborly relations between us, as two sovereign states,” Sejdiu told journalists today. The Kosovo president added that the delegation had a united position on all significant issues, on the basis of a mandate it received from the Kosovo assembly. He repeated that Kosovo independence was not open to discussion, and that the aim of the Pristina delegation was for Kosovo "to contribute significantly to creating stability in the Balkans." "It’s in our interests to have good relations with all our neighbors, Serbia included," said Sejdiu.

Belgrade, Priština teams to meet Troika

Beta has learned from the Kosovo Ministry that the Belgrade delegation will arrive in London tomorrow at about 12.30 p.m., and their meeting with the Troika representatives – EU’s Wolfgang Ischinger, U.S.’s Frank Wisner and Russia’s Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko – will begin at 6 p.m.

In addition to Samardžić and Jeremić, the delegation includes the Deputy Minister for Kosovo Branislava Alendar, prime minister's adviser Aleksandar Simić and Deputy Foreign Minister Fedor Starčević.

Also present at the meeting in London will be the Belgrade team’s adviser, Professor Thomas Fleiner from Switzerland.

Kosovo Serb representatives within the delegation will be Democratic Party MP Goran Bogdanović, and Marko Jakšić, a Democratic Party of Serbia member and president of the Union of Serb Municipalities and Enclaves in Kosovo.

The delegation will also be joined by one of the foreign minister’s colleagues.

Priština delegation at highest level in London

The Priština delegation will be represented at the highest level for its Wednesday meeting with the international Troika in London, and will present its vision of Kosovo-Serbian relations after the status issue is settled, negotiating team representatives announced today.

Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu, head of the negotiating team, said that the Kosovo Albanian side was ready to present its stand.

“We will present our vision via a document relating to future Kosovo-Serbia relations, which will have the form of an international agreement. Here we have outlined the significant elements which pertain to the relaxation and further development of good neighborly relations between us, as two sovereign states,” Sejdiu told journalists today.

The Kosovo president added that the delegation had a united position on all significant issues, on the basis of a mandate it received from the Kosovo assembly.

He repeated that Kosovo independence was not open to discussion, and that the aim of the Priština delegation was for Kosovo "to contribute significantly to creating stability in the Balkans."

"It’s in our interests to have good relations with all our neighbors, Serbia included," said Sejdiu.