"Serbia in favor of dialogue, but one where it, too, gains"

"Serbia in favor of dialogue, but one where it, too, gains"

He also "reiterated that the moment has come for Serbia to reconsider its policy and adjust it to the behavior of others," Tanjug reported.

Djuric said that the guilty verdict handed down to Serb politician in northern Kosovo Oliver Ivanovic "should not be viewed in isolation from other developments, where key elements of the Brussels agreement are not being implemented, and in particular the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), where Pristina is reluctant, does not seem to receive enough incentives from the outside."

He noted that the government of Serbia and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic "did the absolute maximum in the normalization of relations with Pristina - while everything they are getting from the other side are negative political signals and some kind of public avoidance of obligations."

To this, Djuric said, "Serbia needs to find the right answer."

"We will within the government in the coming days seek an answer to the question of what is best for Serbia going forward. Serbia remains committed to what is the obligation from dialogue on our side - but do not expect that Serbia will at any moment give up or waver when it comes to what belongs to us, what we have already obtained," he said.

According to Djuric "the question arises about the point of keeping only one side in the process," adding this is a question for the international community. Another question, he said, was "what we would get if we do not adapt our policies to other two parties in the process."

This official added that "the Belgrade delegation, at the technical level, and when led by Prime Minister Vucic, represents Serbia's interests to the end, and implementation of the parts of the agreements that are in the Serbian interest".

Asked "when Belgrade will point all this out to Brussels" Djuric said that Vucic "already met yesterday with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, and will continue the strong pressure in the coming days."

Speaking about the Ivanovic ruling, Djuric noted that "it must be said there is something rotten in Kosovo's judiciary - it is not normal that people we know were leaders of the terrorist group KLA are politicians, while the judiciary, the domestic and international public considers Oliver Ivanovic a war criminal."

He also asked if such a judgment would exist "had the court acted according to the law and justice, and had our judges been involved in the process, because the Brussels agreement, among other things, provides for the formation of the court in northern Kosovo with a Serb majority."

Djuric also reiterated that early parliamentary elections should be conducted throughout the country, and that this will happen.

Reacting to the Ivanovic ruling on Thursday, Djuric said it was time for Belgrade to reexamine its participation in negotiations with Pristina.