Technical dialogue between Belgrade, Pristina to continue in Brussels Thursday

BRUSSELS - A new round of EU-facilitated technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will be held in Brussels on Thursday.

Belgrade's delegation will be headed by chief negotiator Petar Petkovic, with Pristina to be represented by Besnik Beslimi.

On Tuesday, Petkovic said an invitation by the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak to resume the dialogue on Thursday had been accepted by Belgrade and that the text of a statute of a Community of Serb Municipalities would be on the agenda.

"Our side is very well prepared and we will go there with a special team of experts. We will be discussing the text of the statute of the Community of Serb Municipalities, which is the first concrete step towards establishing the Community of Serb Municipalities," Petkovic said, adding that discussions about the statute needed to provide answers as to the way in which many important issues relating to the Community would be resolved.

The parties last met in Brussels on October 26, when EU representatives held separate meetings with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.