Serbia and the European Union have reached agreement on a revised resolution on Kosovo, drafted in the wake of the International Court of Justice July 2010 advisory opinion on the 2008 declaration of independence in Pristina, ahead of a United Nations General Assembly session.
 
Serbia’s original draft of the resolution on Kosovo caused turbulence in international diplomatic circles because it contained phrasing that some saw as open to use by Belgrade to attempt to re-open talks about the status of Kosovo. Serbia rejects Kosovo’s independence.
 
The International Court of Justice found nothing out of line in international law with Kosovo’s declaration of independence.
 
In a statement on September 8 2010 after talks between the EU and Serbia produced an agreement to co-sponsor a revised version of the resolution, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said that she warmly welcomed the announcement by Serbian president Boris Tadic on the next steps at the UN General Assembly regarding the resolution.
 
"This draft resolution will now be a resolution put forward by 28 European countries," Ashton said.
 
"All 27 EU member states and Serbia will be co-sponsoring this draft resolution. We have been working together with Serbia and this result today is a reflection of our common commitment to Serbia's European perspective," she said.
 
After the UN General Assembly session on September 9, "the important thing will be that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina can start. This dialogue will in itself be a factor for peace, security and stability in the region," Ashton said.
 
Tadic, speaking on September 8, said that "the regular contact with the presidents and prime ministers of the five EU countries that have not recognised Kosovo’s independence and the work with the rest of the countries led to a compromise and to the joint resolution of Serbia and the EU that will give chance for dialogue over solution of the Kosovo issue, which will be confirmed by the UN Security Council, too".
 
According to Serbian news site B92, in the changes made to the resolution, Serbia is no longer asking the General Assembly to condemn the unilateral secession of Kosovo, while the European Union is insisting that Priština and Belgrade would only be able to discuss technical question related to Kosovo, not the status of Kosovo. 

The draft resolution says that the content of the International Court of Justice’s decision on that the unilateral independence proclamation of Kosovo did not violate international law has been noted. 

It also supports the readiness of the EU to make the process of dialogue between the two sides easier, adding that the dialogue would be a way to improve co-operation, make progress on the road to the European Union and improve the lives of the general population.