Belgrade - Dec 3, 2011, 7:59 GMT.
Belgrade's chief negotiator denied late Friday that an EU-brokered deal had been reached with Kosovo to defuse tensions over the Serbia-Kosovo border.
'Despite all our efforts today, the deal has not been reached,' the state news agency Tanjug quoted Borislav Stefanovic as saying in Brussels, after three days of marathon talks. 'Though we came significantly closer, we still need to put the dot on the 'i'.'
The European Union said late Friday that Serbia and Kosovo had struck agreed on joint management of their border points.
Stefanovic said Belgrade 'is ready to continue talking with the same faith and optimism' on Saturday.
But the Kosovo delegation said an agreement had indeed been hammered out.
'Despite all our efforts today, the deal has not been reached,' the state news agency Tanjug quoted Borislav Stefanovic as saying in Brussels, after three days of marathon talks. 'Though we came significantly closer, we still need to put the dot on the 'i'.'
The European Union said late Friday that Serbia and Kosovo had struck agreed on joint management of their border points.
Stefanovic said Belgrade 'is ready to continue talking with the same faith and optimism' on Saturday.
But the Kosovo delegation said an agreement had indeed been hammered out.
