Miroslav Lajcak

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak and US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar will be visiting Belgrade and Pristina on Monday and Tuesday, sources in the EU confirmed to Tanjug on Friday.

The sources said a calming of tensions in the north of Kosovo-Metohija was the main objective of the joint visit.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told media on Thursday that he had "begged" locals in the north of Kosovo, protesting for the fourth day in a row in front of municipal buildings in the Serb-dominated area, "in their determination to persevere in the fight for law and justice, to do so always, above all, in relation to KFOR, in a peaceful way".

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says the goal of last week's Brussels meeting between the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina was to clarify remaining open questions and that the dialogue will continue in the weeks to come.

BRUSSELS  - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, says Monday's round of the dialogue with chief negotiators Petar Petkovic and Besnik Bislimi focused on implementation of reached agreements and that discussions will be continued.

BRUSSELS - Speaking to reporters after Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said the dialogue was in a difficult state and that Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi had acted in a scandalous way.

BRUSSELS - A meeting between the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak began in Brussels shortly after 9 am on Monday.

They met ahead of a new round of technical dialogue between chief negotiators.

BRUSSELS/BELGRADE - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, said on Friday his meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic in Belgrade earlier in the day had addressed the way forward on the implementation of an agreement reached in the dialogue.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday he had discussed with EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak an upcoming round of the Brussels dialogue and the political and security situation in Kosovo-Metohija, with special emphasis on an escalation of tensions in the north of the province by Pristina's PM Alb

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he was very concerned over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, especially in the north of the province, and that he had told EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak that his concerns were due to Pristina PM Albin Kurti's need to provoke incidents and conflicts.

Vucic met with Lajcak at the Presidency of Serbia this morning.