Feith says he's "ready to broker talks"

Pieter Feith says that he is ready to broker talks between Belgrade and Pristina regarding various issues. “If Belgrade wants to meet with government officials from Pristina, I am ready. I will be happy to mediate. I am open, and if Belgrade wants to say what its priorities are, I am ready,” the EU’s special envoy to Kosovo said. Feith says he's "ready to broker talks" He explained that he was sending a public signal that he was ready for contact with Belgrade, which he said has not shown readiness to “work with him in Kosovo,” or with the International Civil Office in Pristina. Feith said that he had had experience with Belgrade in 2001, when he had helped solve problems in the three southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja. He believes that Belgrade’s current position could change, and that the only topic he could discuss right now with the Kosovo Serbs and Belgrade would be the deployment of EULEX forces in the province, adding that other issues could be discussed later. Serbia opposes the EULEX mission’s presence in Kosovo without the approval of the UN Security Council, where no agreement has thus far been reached on the issue. Pieter Feith (FoNet, archive)

Feith says he's "ready to broker talks"

He explained that he was sending a public signal that he was ready for contact with Belgrade, which he said has not shown readiness to “work with him in Kosovo,” or with the International Civil Office in Priština.

Feith said that he had had experience with Belgrade in 2001, when he had helped solve problems in the three southern Serbian municipalities of Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa.

He believes that Belgrade’s current position could change, and that the only topic he could discuss right now with the Kosovo Serbs and Belgrade would be the deployment of EULEX forces in the province, adding that other issues could be discussed later.

Serbia opposes the EULEX mission’s presence in Kosovo without the approval of the UN Security Council, where no agreement has thus far been reached on the issue.