Exchange of liaison officers postponed, daily writes

BELGRADE Another deadline for the exchange of liaison officers between Belgrade and Pristina will be missed, daily Vecernje novosti writes. Another deadline for the exchange of liaison officers between Belgrade and Pristina will be missed, daily Vecernje novosti writes. Exchange of liaison officers postponed, daily writes According to the daily, the liaison officers will not begin their work because a level of protection they will enjoy has not been determined yet. Belgrade and Pristina’s liaison officers Dejan Pavicevic and Lulzim Peci were supposed to start working on March 1 but the exchange has been postponed. Kosovo Albanians insists that their representative in Belgrade is given “diplomatic status”, claiming this is an “interstate exchange of ambassadors”. On the other hand, Belgrade adheres to the Brussels agreement that envisages that the liaison officers perform their work as a part of the EU missions in Belgrade and Pristina and have no diplomatic markings. Serbian PM Ivica Dacic told Vecernje novosti that the liaison officers would definitely not have a diplomatic status. “The fact is that an agreement on a way to formally protect the liaison officers needs to be reached because they have a delicate role. We are ready to talk within that framework. Of course, no diplomatic relations will be established,” he stressed. Tanjug Vecernje novosti

Exchange of liaison officers postponed, daily writes

According to the daily, the liaison officers will not begin their work because a level of protection they will enjoy has not been determined yet.

Belgrade and Priština’s liaison officers Dejan Pavićević and Lulzim Peci were supposed to start working on March 1 but the exchange has been postponed.

Kosovo Albanians insists that their representative in Belgrade is given “diplomatic status”, claiming this is an “interstate exchange of ambassadors”.

On the other hand, Belgrade adheres to the Brussels agreement that envisages that the liaison officers perform their work as a part of the EU missions in Belgrade and Priština and have no diplomatic markings.

Serbian PM Ivica Dačić told Večernje novosti that the liaison officers would definitely not have a diplomatic status.

“The fact is that an agreement on a way to formally protect the liaison officers needs to be reached because they have a delicate role. We are ready to talk within that framework. Of course, no diplomatic relations will be established,” he stressed.