Government spokesman Arben Qirezi said Kosovo was taking concrete steps to meet standards, including constant efforts to integrate Serbs into Kosovo institutions and the launching of a pilot municipality plan, and urged Belgrade to send positive signals as well.
He was speaking ahead of talks the UN civil administrator in Kosovo, Soren Jessen-Petersen, is due to hold in Belgrade tomorrow with Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and other Serbian officials.
According to official sources, Kosovo Serb representatives are willing to be part of the province's institutions and thus contribute to the improvement of their life.
Jessen-Petersen said missing persons would be one of the topics of Monday's talks. About 3,200 Kosovo residents are believed to have gone missing during the 1990s conflicts, including 2,500 ethnic Albanians. The Kosovo Government expects the Serbian authorities to return the remains of ethnic Albanians found in mass graves in Belgrade.
Kosovo institutions and the local UN Mission on a number of occasions complained about the slowness of the return of the remains of 800 Kosovo Albanians found in mass graves in Serbia. The remains of only 356 have been returned so far.
Tomorrow's meeting in Belgrade is taking place at Jessen-Petersen's initiative. Apart from decentralisation and missing persons, the talks are expected to address security in the province and Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.