Political status of Kosovo

NEW YORK - A UN Security Council session on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres's new semi-annual report on UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija, is slated for April 22, according to the UNSC monthly schedule.

The session has been called by Malta, current president of the UNSC.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Monday in Brussels the chief negotiators in the dialogue had presented their proposals regarding a regulation by the so-called Kosovo's central bank banning the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Monday Pristina lacked the political will to find a solution for the use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija, and announced that a new round of technical-level dialogue with Pristina would be held on April 4.

BELGRADE - The opportunity for Serbia to present the facts and explain the dramatic nature of the situation in Kosovo-Metohija is where the greatest significance of Thursday's UN Security Council session lies, says Milovan Drecun, outgoing head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in the UN Security Council on Thursday evening Serbia was no one's puppet, but an independent, sovereign and freedom-loving country.

He said this at the end of the UN body's special session on Kosovo-Metohija, in response to a speech by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

The session is being held at the request of Serbia, which requested it on Monday due to the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, and the request states, among other things, that the current situation is in sharp contrast to the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will address a special UNSC session on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija in New York on Thursday, the presidential press office has announced.

Serbia will be represented at the session by President Aleksandar Vui.

BELGRADE - China's Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming said on Wednesday the Kosovo-Metohija issue needed to be resolved through dialogue and within the framework of UNSCR 1244.

Speaking to the RTS, Li said the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia must be fully respected.

Whether the session will be open or closed to the public remains to be seen.