July 12 (SeeNews) - Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic and his Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, will meet EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels on July 18 to resume the talks for normalisation of relations, the EU External Action Service said on Thursday.
Mogherini will review with them the progress in discussions on the comprehensive normalisation agreement so far and plan the next steps and meetings, in order to ensure the work between both sides continues at an intensified pace, the EU External Action Service said in a statement.
Belgrade does not recognise the independence of Kosovo, its former province predominantly populated by ethnic Albanians. Kosovo unilaterally proclaimed independence from Serbia in February 2008 and has so far been recognised by more than half of the 193 UN member states.
The dialogue betweenSerbiaandKosovofornormalisationof their relations has been carried out since 2013 under the auspices of the European Union.