Lajcak says he expressed concern about north of Kosovo and Metohija in conversations with Vucic and Kurti

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The EU special envoy for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajcak, pointed out on Sunday that during talks with both sides during the past week, he expressed his concern about the situation in the north of Kosovo and Metohija.

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Summing up the past working week in a post on Facebook, he said that before the high-level meeting in Brussels on September 14, he told both sides that all agreements from the dialogue remain valid and binding, and that they should be fully implemented without any conditions or delays.

Lajcak stated that he met with the prime minister of the provisional institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti, at the Bled Strategic Forum, and that he then traveled to Belgrade, where he spoke with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic.

Lajcak noted that with Kurti he discussed preparations for the next high-level meeting within the dialogue with a focus on normalization of relations and the implementation of the EU statement from June 3.

He added that he had a detailed discussion with Vucic about the efforts to reduce tensions and hold new local elections in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, as well as about the implementation of all agreements reached within the dialogue.

"Our discussions will continue and we are getting ready for the leaders meeting in Brussels on September 14 for another round of talks on the highest level," Lajcak wrote. He recalled that he started his week at the Europa Forum Alpbach, "where I discussed with experts, colleagues, friends, and above all young people the need for Europe to be 'bold'."

Speaking about the Bled Strategic Forum, Lajcak reminded that the traditional panel about the Western Balkans focused on the question of whether the EU is ready for enlargement.

"I stressed that the EU is ready for the Western Balkans, but that the region needs to do its part," wrote Lajcak.

(Telegraf.rs)