Belgrade, Pristina officials meet on Kosovo's future

15/10/2007

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Senior officials from Belgrade and Pristina met in the Belgian capital on Sunday (October 14th) for a new round of talks on Kosovo's future. Both sides briefed each other on their respective positions. The EU issued a statement afterwards explaining that members of the Belgrade delegation had provided further details on their plan for far-reaching autonomy of the province.

For their part, the Pristina delegation explained their plan for a friendship treaty between an independent Kosovo and Serbia. Wolfgang Ischinger, a member of the Contact Group troika mediating the talks, urged both sides to speed up the negotiations as "there is quite a distance to be covered" before the December 10th deadline for completing the process. (Blic, Politika - 15/10/07; AP, AFP, DW, Reuters, RTK, Telegrafi, B92, Beta - 14/10/07)