Cooper and Stefanovic meet in Vienna
EU mediator in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Robert Cooper and head of the Belgrade negotiating team Borislav Stefanovic conferred in Vienna on Wednesday.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, February 08, 2012
They discussed the possibilities of continuation of the Kosovo talks, which have been ongoing in several rounds since last March.
Tanjug news agency reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources in Brussels, that the meeting today was held without chief of Pristina team Edita Tahiri.
When asked whether this meeting is a sign that the date of continuation of the dialogue is near, the source said that all parties hope that the dialogue will be resumed soon, adding that this meeting is a part of regular consultations.
Late January, Cooper visited Belgrade and Pristina and conferred with Stefanović and Tahiri in an effort to encourage the dialogue.
The agenda tabled Priština's regional representation, but the two parties did not manage to converge their positions.
Serbia insists on UN Security Council Resolution 1244, which Pristina does not want to accept on the pretext that the document is outdated while at the same time maintaining that Kosovo should bear the name 'the Republic of Kosovo'.
