Meeting of chief negotiators of Belgrade, Pristina in EU-facilitated dialogue begins in Brussels

BRUSSELS - A trilateral meeting of the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina, Petar Petkovic and Besnik Bislimi, and EU special envoy Peter Sorensen began in Brussels on Thursday afternoon.

The meeting kicked off shortly before 2 pm.

Earlier, Sorensen and his team held separate meetings with the delegations of Belgrade and Pristina.

Belgrade's expert delegation was led by chief negotiator Petar Petkovic, who also heads the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija.

It has been announced the main topics to be addressed by Belgrade were urgent establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities and deescalation on the ground.

The new round of the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is taking place just two days before the start of the electoral campaign for local polls in Kosovo-Metohija.

The previous round of the Brussels dialogue was held on June 10.