Serbian PM says some progress was made after meeting with Thaci in Brussels

Ivica Dačić said after the 13th round of dialogue with Hashim Thaci in Brussels on Monday that some progress was made, but many open issues remain.

“We talked about many issues related to the implementation of the Brussels agreement (between Belgrade and Priština),” Dačić told reporters after five hours of talks with Thaci at the office of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

The prime minister explained that the talks focused on local elections in Kosovo, the amnesty bill, the judicial network, electricity, telecommunications and everything else the experts had failed to agree on.

“Thaci said the amnesty bill will be passed by the end of next week,” said Dačić.