New round of technical talks in Kosovo dialogue

BELGRADE A new round of the Belgrade-Pristina technical dialogue at the expert level will be held on Tuesday, tabling the issues of electricity and telecommunications. Dejan Pavicevic, head of Belgrade's negotiating team who was appointed liaison officer in Pristina by the Serbian government on Monday, told Tanjug that the new round of talks will focus on the technical engagement of the liaison officers in Belgrade and Pristina, and the next topics of the dialogue - telecommunications and energy. New round of technical talks in Kosovo dialogue The negotiations are taking place in Brussels, sponsored by the EU. “Electricity and telecommunications are the topics that have been mentioned since the beginning of the dialogue, and we are yet to see if we can finds solutions,” Pavicevic stated. The expert teams of Belgrade and Pristina will confer in Brussels on Tuesday ahead of a new round of the dialogue between Ivica Dacic and Hashim Thaci scheduled for February 22. This meeting will be mediated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton. On Wednesday, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Kosovo's president, Atifete Jahjaga will meet in Brussels, also in the presence of Ashton, who recently stated that the talks came "as part of normalization of relations between the two sides". The EU-sponsored Kosovo dialogue has been ongoing since March 2011. Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo unilaterally declared independence five years ago, but Serbia rejected the proclamation. A scene from Kosovo (Beta, file) Beta Tanjug

New round of technical talks in Kosovo dialogue

The negotiations are taking place in Brussels, sponsored by the EU.

“Electricity and telecommunications are the topics that have been mentioned since the beginning of the dialogue, and we are yet to see if we can finds solutions,” Pavićević stated.

The expert teams of Belgrade and Priština will confer in Brussels on Tuesday ahead of a new round of the dialogue between Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci scheduled for February 22.

This meeting will be mediated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

On Wednesday, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and Kosovo's president, Atifete Jahjaga will meet in Brussels, also in the presence of Ashton, who recently stated that the talks came "as part of normalization of relations between the two sides".

The EU-sponsored Kosovo dialogue has been ongoing since March 2011.

Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo unilaterally declared independence five years ago, but Serbia rejected the proclamation.