Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to continue in Brussels

BRUSSELS - A new round of the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels on Tuesday.

Belgrade's delegation, which includes numerous experts, is led by the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic, who is also the chief negotiator at technical level.

Belgrade and Pristina held separate bilateral meetings with EU special envoy Peter Sorensen last week, after which it was announced that discussions would be continued.

Speaking to reporters in Brussels, Petkovic said at the time the meeting with Sorensen had addressed Pristina's escalatory moves, and that he had presented to the EU envoy a list of 50 specific escalatory moves by Pristina over the course of three months.

"We pointed out the scale of the persecution of Serbs that is underway in Kosovo-Metohija at the hands of Pristina institutions and the so-called Kosovo Police. We also raised the issue of MTS and Elektrosever," Petkovic said.