Talks on implementation of Brussels plan held

BRUSSELS A new trilateral meeting between Ivica Dacic, Hashim Thaci, and Catherine Ashton was held in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon. The participants announced afterwards that "agreement in principle" had been reach on a plan to implement the Brussels agreement reached on April 19. Talks on implementation of Brussels plan held Previously, the EU foreign policy chief, who acted as mediator, met with both Dacic and Thaci during separate, bilateral meetings. Well-informed sources said earlier in the day that the EU high representative will try to get Belgrade and Pristina to agree on the implementation of the agreement on normalization of relations by the end of the day. “We are on the right track to reach an agreement and we are discussing the last conclusions of the draft implementation plan,” Thaci said and added that he hoped that the Serbian delegation would “remove dilemmas”. However, Beta news agency reported that the situation was “extremely complicated” and that it is not certain that an agreement will be reached. A trilateral meeting between Dacic, Ashton and Thaci ended around 22:00 CET on Tuesday. Ashton first had separate bilateral meetings with Dacic and Thaci, followed by the trilateral meeting. The two prime ministers did not give any statements after last night’s meeting. “I am very pleased to have welcomed Prime Ministers Dacic and Thaci. I am convinced they are determined to make progress and implement the Brussels agreement. We are meeting tomorrow again to confirm our commitment,” Ashton said after the meeting. The main topic of the meeting on Tuesday was the implementation of the agreement initialed by Belgrade and Pristina on April 19. In order to get a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations Serbia needs to reach a deal on the implementation of the agreement by the end of the week. Ivica Dacic, Catherine Ashton and Hashim Thaci (Beta) B92 Beta Tanjug

Talks on implementation of Brussels plan held

Previously, the EU foreign policy chief, who acted as mediator, met with both Dačić and Thaci during separate, bilateral meetings.

Well-informed sources said earlier in the day that the EU high representative will try to get Belgrade and Priština to agree on the implementation of the agreement on normalization of relations by the end of the day.

“We are on the right track to reach an agreement and we are discussing the last conclusions of the draft implementation plan,” Thaci said and added that he hoped that the Serbian delegation would “remove dilemmas”.

However, Beta news agency reported that the situation was “extremely complicated” and that it is not certain that an agreement will be reached.

A trilateral meeting between Dačić, Ashton and Thaci ended around 22:00 CET on Tuesday.

Ashton first had separate bilateral meetings with Dačić and Thaci, followed by the trilateral meeting.

The two prime ministers did not give any statements after last night’s meeting.

“I am very pleased to have welcomed Prime Ministers Dačić and Thaci. I am convinced they are determined to make progress and implement the Brussels agreement. We are meeting tomorrow again to confirm our commitment,” Ashton said after the meeting.

The main topic of the meeting on Tuesday was the implementation of the agreement initialed by Belgrade and Priština on April 19.

In order to get a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations Serbia needs to reach a deal on the implementation of the agreement by the end of the week.