Stano: New round of high-level dialogue to take place on May 2

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano announced on Tuesday a new round of high-level dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina would take place in Brussels on May 2.

"The EU, as the Facilitator of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, together with Kosovo and Serbia, as parties to the Dialogue on normalisation of their relations, have today established a Joint Monitoring Committee to oversee the implementation of the Agreement on the path to normalisation between Kosovo and Serbia and its Implementation Annex," Stano said in a statement.

"The Terms of References are expected to be finalised and adopted at the first meeting of the Committee, which will take place after the next High-level Dialogue Meeting scheduled to take place in Brussels on Tuesday, May 2," he said.

"The establishment takes place 30 days after the High-level meeting of the Dialogue in Ohrid, North Macedonia, as stipulated in the Implementation Annex.

The Joint Monitoring Committee will be chaired by EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav Lajcak," Stano said.

He added that the so-called Kosovo would be represented by its ambassador in Brussels Agron Bajrami and Serbia by the head of the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic.

The Committee will meet on a regular basis in Brussels, the statement also said.