Kosovo president rejects Serbian idea of partition on ethnic lines

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in Pristina, Kosovo, February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Hazir Reka

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo President Hashim Thaci ruled out on Tuesday partition of the country with Serbia along ethnic lines, an idea raised in Belgrade to settle a long-running dispute that is hindering both sides' ambitions to join the European Union.

Thaci is due to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels after the summer break under an EU-sponsored dialogue which has made little progress in normalising relations between Belgrade and Pristina since it was launched in 2013.