Another official dismisses "peace accord" claims

Another official dismisses "peace accord" claims

BELGRADE -- Serbia's minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration says the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština would not result in "a peace agreement between."

Jadranka Joksimović said that a statement by Kosovo's outgoing Prime Minister Hasim Thaci that "Kosovo and Serbia" should soon sign an international peace accord was "intended for the local public."

"It seems to me that, due to various political circumstances in Priština, this statement was more or less intended for their own public and internal political events," she said in a statement to Tanjug, reiterating that the end result of the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština would not be a peace agreement.

"It is not a form anticipated in any way and that is why the dialogue is there to begin with. You do not suppose that we or any other party would be taking part in something the end result of which is known in advance," she said.

Joksimović emphasized that Belgrade viewed the Brussels dialogue as "the most acceptable form to find solutions that will satisfy the interests of our community in Kosovo before all."

Ivica Dačić, Serbia's first deputy prime minister minister of foreign affairs, said earlier that Serbia would not sign an international peace accord with Kosovo.

The interim authorities in Priština declared Kosovo independent on February 17, 2008, a unilateral move that Serbia does not recognize.

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