New round of dialogue between Belgrade and Priština was held in Brussels on 25 August 2015, at the end of which four agreements have been signed: on the Community of Serbian Municipalities, energy, telecommunications and freedom of movement on the bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica. Our delegation in the meeting, mediated by EU HR for Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini, was headed by Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić.
After the meeting, Prime Minister told media that now he has a message for our people in Kosovo-Metohija, that the agreements signed are good, since they guarantee not only the safety and security, but also that the jobs for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija will be kept.

The Prime Minister underlined that the Community of Serbian Municipalities is being established and that it will have broad powers.
According to Prime Minister, the Community will have a president and vice president, assembly, council, coat of arms, flag, and will decide on health care, education, urban and rural planning and economic development. The Prime Minister stressed that it is extremely important that it will be possible to finance the Community of Serbian Municipalities from Serbia without taxes and duties, pointing out that it was unequivocally stated that Serbia has a right to that. I think we have done a great job for our people, and all agreements will be presented to the public, he announced and added that he will visit all ten municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija to present what has been achieved in Brussels.

Prime Minister explained that today's negotiations were held with representatives of the European Union and that the Serbian delegation met with the delegation from Pristina only at the end of the day.

The agreement on telecommunications was reached first and this is the first time since 1999 that Serbia has managed to legalise its position. According to Prime Minister, Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija will continue to dial only dialling numbers for cities in Serbia, such as 011, 018, 034, while citizens from central Serbia when calling Kosovska Mitrovica will dial only 028.With this agreement Telekom Srbija is recognised, while the Electric Power Industry of Serbia will have a daughter company in Kosovo-Metohija, the Prime Minister explained.

Speaking about energy, he pointed out that the Serbian side did not agree to attempts by Priština to appropriate the assets of Serbia, which belong to Serbia in line with the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia.It is precisely because of such aspirations of Priština that the negotiations on energy were the most difficult and some issues in this field have remained unresolved, Prime Minister noted and added that no agreement was reached on the distribution system operator, which is however specified in the agreement.

The Prime Minister stated that Serbia will do everything to implement the agreements signed, noting that the agreement reached in Brussels means a lot for entire Serbia since it leads to the opening of negotiating chapters with the EU. I think that we have achieved more and better than we expected. In any case I am not dissatisfied with what we have achieved and I will go to Kosovo-Metohija in September with joy, he reiterated and congratulated the Serbs from the province on the establishment of the Community of Serbian Municipalities.
READ the full text of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities in Kosovo - general principles/ main elements.