It is only natural that these parallel structures lead at times to differences of opinion and approach.

UN: Secretary-General

"If Serbia wants to achieve candidate status, it should resume the dialogue and achieve results in that dialogue, enable Eulex to work in all regions of Kosovo, and abolish parallel structures and not create new ones, " she said.

BBC: Germany's Angela Merkel ties Serbian EU hopes to Kosovo

Disarmament of paramilitary groups is meant to happen in parallel with the establishment of new political structures and a wide-ranging reform of policing, equality measures and criminal justice, which would also include the progressive disarmament of the security forces.

ECONOMIST: Anglo-Irish relations