Petkovic: We insisted on Community, pointed out Pristina's terror against Serbs

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said in Brussels after Thursday's round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue at chief negotiators level that Belgrade had insisted on the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities.

Petkovic, who is Belgrade's chief negotiator, said the Community was essential for the process of normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina as well as for normal life of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

In a statement after a trilateral meeting with EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak and Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi, Petkovic said he had informed Lajcak of Pristina PM Albin Kurti's terror against the Serbs, particularly in the north of the province.

"We pointed out all the worsened circumstances in which Serbs live in Kosovo-Metohija. We spoke about the ethnic cleansing...