Catherine Ashton, the EU high representative for foreign and security policy, and President Boris Tadic will likely meet in Strasbourg on Sept. 7 to discuss harmonizing the EU's and Serbia's positions on the resolution on Kosovo, prepared by Belgrade for a session of the U.N. General Assembly.

BETA learned this from EU diplomatic sources on Sept. 1, who added that the content of the resolution and outcome of the discussion in the U.N. General Assembly will dictate whether the EU will reach, in due time, the necessary unanimity on granting Serbia candidate member status.

Asked if this means that there is a new condition Serbia has to meet in order to enter the EU, the source replied that certain EU members may take that stand.

The EU diplomatic sources said a "working dinner" in Brussels between Tadic and Ashton has been discussed before, and that Belgrade will want to establish the common positions of the 22 EU members that have recognized Kosovo and the five that have not.

However, the source stated, it is more feasible for a possible approximation of views on Serbia's Kosovo resolution to be considered in Strasbourg, where the European Parliament and European Commission are to convene on Sept. 7.