The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, will meet on August 18 in Brussels, and at that meeting, according to media in Belgrade, a joint statement will be signed to resolve the issue of missing persons during the war in Kosovo.

The European Union has called these reports media speculations, while the Government of Kosovo has not answered the Telegraph's questions at all.

Meanwhile, analysts in Kosovo have different opinions regarding whether such an agreement can be signed between the parties, taking into account the recent developments in the north - where for two days there were tensions due to the decision of the Government of Kosovo for reciprocity with Serbia regarding with license plates and IDs.

The university professor, Mazllum Baraliu, in a statement for Telegrafin, said that it is the last moment to have not only a statement, but a concrete and applicable agreement regarding the missing.

According to him, if an agreement is not reached on the missing, there is no point in continuing the dialogue.

"Because it is the most sensitive and painful issue.

From the very beginning, the Kurti Government has made a condition for the continuation of the dialogue, so one of the main issues that was presented to Vucic was precisely this for the missing persons", said Baraliu.

Referring to recent developments in the north, he said that there is no "real tension" between Kosovo and Serbia, but according to him, it was the latter's game to hinder the dialogue process.

"Serbia has proven that it is not interested in reaching an agreement with Kosovo, but I think that it would sign a statement on the missing persons under the pretext that it is making a compromise and is being a constructive party in the dialogue", Baraliu further stated.

University professor, Mazllum Baraliu

But the political science professor, Dritëro Arifi, thinks differently.

He told the Telegraph that such reports from the media in Belgrade are done with the aim of presenting Serbia as a constructive party in the dialogue.

"The media in Serbia purposely made such a report, that is, propaganda to present Serbia as an interested party to sign an agreement and touched on the most sensitive issue - that of the missing," declared Arifi.

He expressed pessimism that the meeting on August 18 will have a positive result, adding that "the only good thing is that the parties are meeting".

"I don't expect any agreement to be signed because the preparations for such a thing are not at the right level or have been kept hidden.

The parties should show more willingness to sign such an agreement, since the missing persons are the last issue for which the Government of Kosovo should negotiate with Belgrade, before signing the final agreement", said the professor.

Professor of political science, Dritëro Arifi

The Serbian newspaper 

"Nova"

wrote on Wednesday that the text of the declaration has been harmonized and the moment is waiting for it to be signed.

The official agenda of the meeting between Kurti and Vučić has not yet been made public, but according to Nova, the signing of the statement on the disclosure of missing persons may be on the agenda in Brussels and this will be presented as a big step forward in relations between the two parties.

"With this statement, support would be given to the process of finding missing persons and solving their fates.

That document would have to be signed by Kurti and Vučić and would have echoes in the public opinion.

The text has been finalized and we are waiting for the moment to be signed", a newspaper source was quoted as saying.

Telegrafi has sent questions to the Prime Minister's Office regarding this issue, but has not received an answer.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the EU for Foreign and Security Policy, Peter Stano, in a written response to the Telegraph, said that they do not comment on speculations in the media.

"We do not comment on speculations in the media and we do not preface the meetings we organize with speculations about a possible outcome", declared Stano.

Asked why the agenda of the meeting has not been made public yet, he said that they will do so closer to the date when the meeting takes place.

"Regarding the high-level dialogue meeting with President Vučić and Prime Minister Kurti in Brussels on August 18, we will publish more details about it, including the agenda, closer to the date when it will take place", Stano continued.

Prime Minister Kurti and President Vucic will meet in Brussels, after the increase in tensions in the north of Kosovo as a result of the establishment of reciprocity measures by the Kosovo executive.

The last time they met was on May 5 at an informal dinner, with the mediation of the EU's special envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, who had previously met separately with the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz./

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