Serbia's deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said his government will reject an EU-brokered deal for Kosovo and will ask for more negotiations with ethnic Albanian leaders.
“The government should propose the urgent and immediate continuation of talks (with Kosovo),” Vucic told reporters. The deputy prime minister added that the EU-brokered proposal “fails to recognise our basic interests and should not be signed.”
The EU has given Serbia until Tuesday to say whether it would relinquish its control of northern Kosovo in exchange for the start of Serbia's EU membership negotiations. However, today, Vucic characterised the plan as unacceptable because it does not give more autonomy to minority Kosovo Serbs.
On the other hand, Mimoza Kusari-Lila the Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister of Kosovo gave an interview in BBC. Kusari expressed her believe that the long-running conflict between the ethnic Albanian majority and the ethnic Serbian minority can be resolved.
EU's High Representative Catherine Ashton said after the 8th round of talks between Serbian and Kosovo officials last week that she wants an answer from both sides by Tuesday and that the bloc's mediation was over.
