Lajcak, Escobar to visit Belgrade, Pristina next week

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak and US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar will be visiting Belgrade and Pristina on Monday and Tuesday, sources in the EU confirmed to Tanjug on Friday.

The sources said a calming of tensions in the north of Kosovo-Metohija was the main objective of the joint visit.

Tensions in the Serb-majority area escalated earlier this week following protests by local Serbs, who do not accept ethnic Albanian mayors elected in Pristina's early local polls on April 23.