Dacic: Many unaware of difficulty of Brussels meeting

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday many citizens - and even politicians - were unaware of the difficulty of next Monday's Brussels meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

"Definitely, a very difficult day is ahead of Vucic, and politicians from the ruling parties, let alone citizens, are insufficiently aware of that," Dacic told reporters after a press conference with Bosnia and Herzegovina FM Elmedin Konakovic.

Serbia is in a difficult position and faces great responsibility, which is why political stability and unity is necessary, Dacic said.

This is about how to secure our interests and our future, he said.

It is very difficult to have an agreement with Kurti, who has said he is disgusted by the very mention of a Community of Serb Municipalities, Dacic said, adding that he would not be travelling to Brussels, but that he was ready to help Vucic.

"The amount of all the pressure and blackmail is not reflected only in direct statements," Dacic said, noting that EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak had said an EU-US plan was difficult to reject.

"I guess it is clear to you that that means something," Dacic said.

Commenting on Lajcak's announcement that both Belgrade and Pristina would accept the EU plan for solving the Kosovo-Metohija issue, Dacic noted that Vucic would stand by what he had said in the past and that the EU should tell Vucic what it had achieved in discussions with Pristina.