BELGRADE, March 19. /TASS/. Belgrade and Pristina have agreed on a range of issues during their talks held in the North Macedonian city of Ohrid, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters on Saturday.
"The few provisions that we had agreed today will lay the framework for the implementation plan for both sides, for Belgrade and Pristina. Most importantly, we have agreed that while we are on this serious and difficult path, the European Council will assess who did what in order to put into practice provisions from the implementation plan. Nothing is over today, it is just the beginning," Vucic said.
Another round of negotiations on Kosovo and Metohija was held in the North Macedonian city of Ohrid on March 18, mediated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, Miroslav Lajcak. The talks lasted more than 12 hours and included separate consultations of EU delegates with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and a joint meeting.
On February 27, the External Action Service of the European Union published its document, headlined Agreement on the path to normalization between Kosovo and Serbia. The document proposes mutual recognition of passports, establishment of Permanent Missions and a commitment to work on "a legally binding agreement on comprehensive normalization of their relations." It also includes the assumption that neither of the two can represent the other in the international sphere or act on its behalf.
According to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo tentatively approved the text of the treaty during talks in Brussels. The agreement will enter force when the plan for its implementation is approved.