Djuric, Sorensen discuss renewal of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Peter Sorensen on Friday to discuss Sorensen's plans for a renewal of technical-level dialogue between the two parties.

Djuric noted that Belgrade consistently supported the process of normalisation of relations and that it shared a common interest with the EU in progress in that process, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

He said more attention must be devoted to the situation on the ground as Pristina's unilateral actions and a negative political climate generated in that way had posed the biggest threat and obstacle to productive dialogue.

Djuric voiced special concern over politically motivated court proceedings against the Serbs, which he noted were aimed at creating an atmosphere of legal and existential uncertainty amongst the Serb population in Kosovo-Metohija, and appealed to the EU to use its influence to prevent that type of political persecution.