Stano: Chief negotiators of Belgrade, Pristina to meet in Brussels Tuesday

BRUSSELS - The next meeting of chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels on Tuesday, March 19, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano confirmed on Friday.

At a Brussels press briefing, Stano said the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak had invited the chief negotiators to Brussels to continue discussions about a decision by the so-called Kosovo central bank on the use of the Serbian dinar, and noted that other most pressing issues in the dialogue would be discussed as well.

Asked by Tanjug when the new round of the dialogue would take place, Stano said it would be held on March 19.

US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar said on Thursday he hoped the Pristina government would be flexible about its regulation banning the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija in discussions to be held on Tuesday as part of the dialogue.