Borrell: Kurti insisted on de facto recognition, Community key for normalisation

BRUSSELS - Speaking to reporters after Thursday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell said it had not been possible to "bridge the differences" and that Pristina's PM Albin Kurti had not been ready to start a process towards establishing a Community of Serb Municipalities but insisted on a de facto recognition of the so-called Kosovo.

Borrell noted that the two parties' path towards the EU went "through dialogue" and that establishing the Community was "key for taking the normalisation process forward."

"Without normalisation, there will not be a European future for either Kosovo or Serbia," Borrell warned.

"And today, I tried with PM Kurti and President Vucic to find solutions and a way forward based on our proposal. Unfortunately, after quite a long meeting, PM Kurti was not ready...