EU has mandate to work on dialogue
EU has received a mandate from the UN secretary-general to work on the Belgrade-Priština dialogue, Kosovo Ministry official Oliver Ivanovic says.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, September 23, 2010
This happened "given that this issue is of Europe's interest", said Ivanovic.
"The stability of Europe and this part of the Balkans mostly depends on whether the dialogue will be launched," Ivanovic told state broadcaster RTS in Belgrade on Wednesday.
He added that such a dialogue was needed, and that it was most important to determine the form in which it will be realized.
"What is important for Serbia is UN Security Council Resolution 1244 since it provides a neutral political framework and does not prejudge the final solution, and as such leaves much more space than if the issue were under the sole mandate of the EU," said he.
Ivanovic said that the topic of the talks should not be controversial and thus make the two parties confront in the very start, adding that it is irrefutable that different stands will be taken regarding the key issues.
He believes that it should not be a problem to set the issue of the missing and kidnapped as the first topic, given that this is a humanitarian issue which seems to be important for both parties.
