On Thursday 31 August, the European External Action Service (EEAS) announced that the justice agreement between Serbia and Kosovo will be fully implemented on 17 October.
The presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vučić and Hashim Thaçi, "confirmed that the (justice) agreement will be fully implemented on 17 October 2017", the EEAS said in a press release following a dialogue meeting in Brussels. "On that day, judges, prosecutors and judicial staff will be integrated into the Kosovo judiciary", the EEAS stated, adding that "the integration of the judicial personnel will allow for justice to be delivered across Kosovo and, in particular, in the Mitrovica region".
The two presidents also discussed the commitments taken on 3 July to start working on a new phase of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina for normalisation of relations and reconciliation. "Work on this will continue in the coming weeks", the EEAS stated.
High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini welcomed the "renewed" commitment to the normalisation process by Vučić and Thaçi, and reiterated that the EU and she personally remain fully committed to the European Union perspective of Serbia, Kosovo and the entire region. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)