Petkovic: We reiterated our proposal, no solution reached

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said in Brussels on Thursday Belgrade's delegation had tabled a balanced, compromise proposal for solving the issue of cash operations in Kosovo-Metohija but that Pristina had shown no willingness for that.

Petkovic was speaking to reporters after a new round of the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

"We reiterated our balanced proposal that implies a compromise solution. Another meeting on this is ahead of us, we will see how things are developing," he said, adding that he expected a new invitation to Brussels from EU special envoy Miroslav Lajcak in about ten days to discuss cash operations and the use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija.

Petkovic said he had taken the opportunity to again point out the difficult position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija - especially due to their inability to receive wages, pensions and other incomes - and Serbian institutions in the province, whose work has been put in question by Pristina's moves.

He said he had also called for the soonest possible formation of a Community of Serb Municipalities - Pristina's commitment that was now over 4,000 days old.

"Everything that has happened until today and all the problems we are facing would not even exist if we had an established Community of Serb Municipalities," he said.

Petkovic also said Belgrade was the committed party looking for solutions through dialogue and that Pristina PM Albin Kurti's moves could be no foundation for normalisation of relations.