Serbian and Kosovo top officials, who met in Brussels in a new round of the EU-facilitated dialogue, have come closer to an agreement on justice and agreed to meet again shortly to finalize the package, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Catherine Ashton said after the meeting of Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, his deputy Aleksandar Vucic with Kosovo Premier Hashim Thaci.

“We continued to work on the issues related to the implementation of the April Agreement. In this context I am pleased that the two parties have almost concluded their discussion on justice,” Ashton said in a statement.

“Pending the necessary adjustments the package will be finalized at the next meeting.

“The two sides also discussed the next steps in the dialogue and agreed to meet again shortly,” Ashton said.