Kosovo on Serbia row: ‘Much ado about nothing’

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Series Details 08.10.13
Publication Date 08/10/2013
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Kosovo leader Hashim Thaci and Serbian PM Ivica Dacic held snap talks with EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton in Bruseels on the 7 October 2013. The main issue was the municipal election taking place in Kosovo on the 3 November 2013, over which both sides managed to strike a deal to overcome a bilateral deadlock.

A dispute had erupted the week before when Kosovo declined Dacic's request to visit the ethnic Serb enclave of north Kosovo in the run-up to the local elections.

Kosovo said its recent election row with Serbia was "much ado about nothing", while noting that more EU states are preparing to recognise its sovereignty.

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