Department of State: Dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels to continue urgently

The US State Department welcomed the continuation of the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade with the European Union's special representative in Brussels and called for the discussions to continue urgently.

"These are talks that we welcome. And they are taking place today as part of the dialogue with the mediation of the EU in Brussels and include a discussion on the new currency regulation of the Central Bank of Kosovo, we believe that these discussions should be continued urgently" said last night the chief deputy spokesperson of the State Department Vedant Patel at a press conference.

Patel added that dialogue is the only channel for resolving issues related to the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

"The US was clear in expressing its concern regarding the new regulation that restricts the entry and use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo, we expressed some concern about it, and we also repeated our calls to Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate tensions," said the deputy spokesman.

Yesterday, after separate meetings, a tripartite meeting of chief negotiators Petar Petković and Besnik Bisljimi with EU special representative Miroslav Lajčak was held in Brussels.

After the meeting, Petković stated that one of Belgrade's proposals for solving the issue of the dinar as a means of payment in Kosovo is the continuation of the work of "Poštanska štedionica".

Lajčak announced on the social network X that the negotiators agreed to continue the conversation on Monday, March 25.