Petkovic meets with Lajcak in Brussels

BRUSSELS - A tete-a-tete meeting between the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak began in the European External Action Service (EEAS) building in Brussels shortly after 10 am on Tuesday.

A meeting between Belgrade's delegation and Lajcak and his team is also expected to take place later.

The delegation includes representatives of the Finance Ministry and the Postal Savings Bank, a Tanjug correspondent said.

At a press briefing on Monday, EEAS spokesperson Nabila Massrali said the meeting would "focus on solutions to many open questions regarding the recent decision on cash operations" by the so-called Kosovo central bank, which effectively banned the Serbian dinar from February 1.

"It will start in the morning and follow the usual dialogue format and both parties, as far as I know, have confirmed their participation," she said.