European Union ministers discussed plans Monday to send hundreds of troops to the Central African Republic, a rare joint military mission aimed at restoring order amid fears of sectarian violence.

Belgrade will have to remain fully committed to normalizing relations with Pristina, outlined EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele. Fuele was present in Tuesday’s meeting in Brussels, where Serbia’s EU accession talks were officially given a start.

As an OSCE participating state and as the country currently holding the EU Presidency, Greece fully supports the Minsk Group’s efforts to mediate the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute through a solution that