Belgrade doesn’t give up dialogue with Pristina, PM says

Tanjug / Vlada Srbije

Serbia remains committed to the European Union-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said in New York, the news agency reported.

In the talks with the Swiss President Alain Berset on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, Brnabic said the dialogue on normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina “is a difficult process that demands a lot of time and patience.”

The dialogue is currently on hold, after the last session in Brussels in early September, during which presidents of Kosovo and Serbia did not have a tête-a-tête meeting.

Brnabic added that Serbia had implemented significant reforms, but that the issue of Kosovo was especially important for the country’s future.

In the meantime, she told the Belgrade-based Pink television that Serbia’s opposition representatives were trying to reach as many UN officials as they could across the UN headquarters’ halls in New York.

Brnabic said she believed that was the same thing Kosovo’s officials had been doing.

“Everyone has the right to visit the UN privately, and there are some our opposition representatives who are trying to catch the UN officials and take a photo with them for their promotion,” she added.

However, she said her presence in New York was to do “the best possible job for Serbia.”

“I don’t care how many photos I have from here. What is important is what I will take back home and present the citizens with.”