Belgrade to OSCE: Failure to form CSM obstacle to normalisation with Pristina

Majkl Davenport, Petar Petković — Tanjug/Strahinja Aćimović | Tanjug/Strahinja Aćimović

The head of Serbia’s Government Office for Kosovo, Petar Petkovic told the new OSCE mission in Pristina chief Michael Davenport on Monday that Kosovo’s failure to form the agreed Community of Serb Municipalities (CSM) was a huge obstacle to the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on the normalisation of relations.

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“Despite Pristina’s open messages about its unconcern (about the resumption of the dialogue), Belgrade remains committed to the normalisation of the situation in the region and peaceful political solutions to all pending issues,” Petkovic said.

He added that the so-far cooperation with the OSCE Kosovo Mission was very good and hoped for further regular, open and content communication.

Petkovic later said another attack on the property of Serb returnees happened in the village of Dubrava in western Kosovo on May 8. Kosovo’s police confirmed the incident from last Saturday.

Petkovic said he expected OSCE to continue working on preventing Pristina’s unilateral and provocative moves and promoting the dialogue as the only way to reach mutually acceptable and sustainable solutions.

He briefed davenport on attacks on the Serbs and their property.

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