Leaders Serbia and Kosovo will meet on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, on occasion EU Summitto be returned to put the stabilization process back on track.

This is the first meeting after that firefight between Serbian nationalist paramilitaries and Kosovar security forces which occurred in northern Kosovo on September 24. Hopes in Kosovo for a positive outcome from the exchange of views are weaker than ever. The chairman of the Kurti Party group in Parliament said:

“Of course, Kosovo is ready and open for dialogue. We argue that September 24 marks an important and negative turning point in the dialogue process.”statedMimoza Kusari Ljilja, representative of the Kosovo Party for Self-Determination.

Last Saturday, the main diplomatic envoy Quint (EU, US, France, Germany, Italy and UK) travel to the region and present a draft document that could serve as a formal political platform to continue talks Belgrade and Pristina.

“What they brought on Saturday I can only guess or I can only say what is the most normal thing they brought, namely bringing the draft Statute of the Association of Serbian Cities which will be given to the parties for their consideration”said Nexmedin Spahiu, political science professor at the University of Pristina.

Authorities in Pristina had to appoint mayors in northern Kosovo on their own initiative after the local Serb community boycotted municipal elections in April.

“Previous statements from both the ruling and opposition parties in Kosovo indicate that they would not risk suggesting the resignation of the current mayor. This means that in the next six months, if they do not resign, there will be some kind of prolonged political conflict. crisis”said Igor Marković from the Serbian NGO “Aktiv Kosovska Mitrovica”.

That EU, US and UK They want to restore it stability inWestern Balkans For avoiding new violent conflicts after Ukraine and the Middle East.