Serbia, EU to continue dialogue

Tadic and Ashton conferred Tuesday evening for almost two hours behind closed doors, coordinating stands on Serbia's resolution on Kosovo, which it has submitted to the UN General Assembly.

Before the meeting, Belgrade and Brussels reiterated readiness to work together on coordinating a text that would be acceptable to both sides.

Meanwhile, the EU member-states coordinated their stand, including the countries that have not recognized Kosovo's independence.

Tadic and Ashton agreed to be in touch today as well, it was said in a statement released by Ashton's cabinet.

"The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the follow-up to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion. HR/VP Ashton and President Tadic agreed to be in touch on Wednesday," the official statement released in Brussels read.

Meanwhile, Belgrade daily Blic writes that after yesterday's meeting Brussels is offering Serbia a dialog over special status for the north of Kosovo and enclaves in the south as well as accelerated European integration.

‘Nobody wants that Serbia as the biggest country in the region remains humiliated and unstable but it is necessary that it accepts reality. It is clear to us that we have to give something to the ruling democrats in Serbia what they can offer to their electors. That is yet to be discussed about in a dialog between Belgrade and Pristina', a source close to Ashton's cabinet says for ‘Blic'.

The agreement between Tadic and Ashton shall make possible that Serbian resolution, changed with amendments agreed by all 27 members of the EU is accepted at the UN General Assembly. After that negotiations, that nobody expects to be easy, can commence, daily writes.