This meeting was preceded by a separate meeting between the head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo and Metohija and Belgrade’s chief negotiator with Pristina, Petar Petkovic, with the EU special representative for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajcko.

Before this round of dialogue, Petković said that the Belgrade delegation would insist on five topics that had already been agreed upon earlier, and whose implementation Pristina either violates or completely rejects.

It is about forming the Union of Serbian Municipalities, clarifying the fate of the missing, implementing the agreement on justice, freedom of movement and official visits, and implementing the agreement on energy.

Tomorrow, on the second day of technical talks, trilateral meetings of the delegations of Belgrade, Pristina and EU mediators are scheduled for 9.30 am.