Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said  that the adoption of the resolution on the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in the U.N. General Assembly was an end to pretension to talks about the status or division of Kosovo.

At a news conference on invitations to talks between Belgrade and Pristina, Sejdiu said Kosovo had always been ready for talks, but as a sovereign and independent state.

According to him, topics on the table include freedom of movement, fighting organized crime, the return of displaced persons, fate of missing persons, economic and regional cooperation, and, he added, other matters important to cooperation between two countries.

Kosovo Premier Hashim Thaci said on Sept. 12 that the resolution adopted by the U.N. should close the chapter of conflict between Kosovo and Serbia and usher in a new time of cooperation between the two states.

The United Nations offered to take part in organizing direct talks between Belgrade and Pristina on Sept. 10, one day after the U.N. passed a resolution inviting the two sides to dialog.

European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said on Sept. 11 that the EU is the side that should provide good favors for Belgrade-Pristina talks and that the mediator should not be the U.N.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Kimoon welcomed the adoption of the resolution by the General Assembly and the EU's proposal to assist in the dialog process between the two sides.

Ban pointed out the importance of dialog between the two sides as a means to obtain peace, security and stability in the region, and confirmed the U.N.'s offer to contribute to those efforts, while closely cooperating with the EU, a spokesman for the general secretary said.

Ashton's associates stated that the resolution carried in the U.N. was clear and added that a dialog between Belgrade and Pristina would be initiated under EU mediation. She pointed out that Belgrade and Pristina were to decide where, how and when the dialog would begin.