EU prepares a meeting between Serbia and Kosovo

The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, that proclaimed independence in

2008, Tomislav Nikolic and Atifete Yahyaga, will meet in October in one

of the European Union countries under the mediation of the head of

European diplomacy, Catherine Ashton, RIA Novosti reported with

reference to Pristina newspaper "Express".

Since then, after the Albanian authorities in Kosovo unilaterally

declared independence, there have been no the summit talks between

Belgrade and Pristina.

According to the newspaper, one of the main topics of the meeting

should be the situation in northern Kosovo.

The north of Kosovo is inhabited mainly by Serbs who do not recognize the

independence of Kosovo and other Albanian leaders' decisions in

Pristina. There are local authorities, supported financially and

politically from Belgrade. Pristina calls these bodies parallel

structures and seeks to establish control over northern Kosovo.