Lajcak: I will invite chief negotiators to Brussels soon

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has announced he would invite the chief negotiators in the dialogue to Brussels soon for discussions about the next steps and said the focus should now be on advancing an agreement on the path to normalisation without preconditions or delays.

Recapping the last week in a Facebook post, Lajcak wrote that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti had shown "readiness to implement the Agreement" but had been unable to "agree on the modalities."

"They had comments and questions on the European proposal for a statute establishing the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities in Kosovo, which we presented to them during our joint mission last Saturday. I hope that we will be able to clarify open questions and concerns in the coming weeks.

Our statute proposes...