Hasim Taci

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday conveyed to Pristina NATO's serious concerns over a proposed transformation of the Kosovo Security Force into an armed force.

BELGRADE/PRISTINA - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic had a fierce verbal confrontation with Kosovo President Hasim Taci on Tuesday over establishment of a Kosovo army, the RTS has learned.

During a phone conversation, Vucic and Taci took completely opposite positions on the matter, the broadcaster said.

Tanjug file photo, O. Toskic

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic spoke on the phone on Tuesday with Hasim Taci, president of the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina, about the significance and the aftermath of EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini's visit to the Western Balkans.

BELGRADE - Serbia strongly opposes establishment of a so-called Kosovo army in our southern province, Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, said Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Community of Serb Municipalities should be formed by the Kosovo-Metohija Serbs pursuant to the Brussels Agreement, and not by ethnic Albanian politicians, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The top-level dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will resume in Brussels on Wednesday, February 1, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic's office has confirmed to Tanjug.

The Belgrade delegation will be headed by Vucic and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, with Pristina's delegation to be led by Kosovo President Hasim Taci and PM Isa Mustafa, Tanjug has learned.

BRUSSELS - Kosovo President Hasim Taci's statement following Tuesday's round of the Brussels dialogue shows Pristina is not able or willing to keep its word "for more than two minutes," Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic told Politico.eu in a telephone interview.

BRUSSELS - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said late Tuesday an agreement had been reached with a senior delegation from Pristina to continue the series of meetings as part of the high-level dialogue.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini thanked Serbian and Kosovo Presidents Tomislav Nikolic and Hasim Taci, as well as PMs Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, for an "open and very constructive meeting" in Brussels Tuesday.

BRUSSELS - Top Belgrade and Pristina officials will discuss concrete, significant matters in Brussels on Tuesday as it is important to confirm the engagement and commitments of both parties in the dialogue, says European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic.