EU envoy Sørensen meets Kosovo and Serbia negotiators to set Belgrade-Pristina dialogue work plan

EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Peter Sørensen held separate meetings in Brussels in May 2026 with the chief negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia to outline a work plan for resuming the EU-facilitated dialogue on normalization of relations, European Western Balkans reported (May 13). The meetings were technical-level preparatory discussions aimed at maintaining momentum despite political obstacles in Kosovo.

Sørensen's mandate was renewed on February 11, 2026 for two years, through February 29, 2028. EU High Representative Kaja Kallas has attributed the absence of a new leaders'-level round of dialogue chiefly to frequent Kosovo election cycles, while saying she was working separately with both sides to implement agreements already in force.

The dialogue, launched in 2011 and underpinned by the 2013 Brussels Agreement and the 2023 Ohrid framework, remains the EU's principal mediation track in the Western Balkans and a condition for both parties' EU paths. The May engagement signals an EU attempt to keep the process alive at the working level ahead of any future high-level meeting, even as core implementation disputes (including the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities) remain unresolved.