Kosovo

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have traded barbs in a round of talks that highlighted the differences between the two former Yugoslav entities and failed to bring them closer to resolving one of Europe's thorniest territorial disputes.

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After a meeting of the delegations of Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels on Wednesday produced little except mutual accusations, the EU envoy, Miroslav Lajcak, said there was 'a lot of work still to be done'.

Kosovo Assembly passed a resolution condemning the alleged genocide in Srebrenica. Serbian MPs left the session.

President Vucic criticized Kosovo's new premier as fresh talks in Brussels aimed at resolving one of Europe's most intractable territorial disputes hit a familiar snag. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo were back around the negotiating table on Tuesday almost a year after talks broke down between the two sides.

A new round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will begin on June 15 in Brussels.

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer and the EU envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, are visiting Serbia to press its leaders to resume talks on the normalization of ties with Kosovo.

As long-interrupted talks with Serbia ready to resume, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti faces opposition calls to get the United States round the table in the EU-facilitated dialogue.

Recent elections in Kosovo reflected a strong desire for change, the head of the UN mission there, UNMIK, said in his virtual briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday. 

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