Defence Minister and Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić said he expected government, state leadership and parliamentary parties representatives to discuss the Kosmet issue in August in order that national consensus on the topic be reached. In September, the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is to resume and the pressure would increase, he said on a visit to the Serbian Army General Staff. After the visit, his first one to the Staff in the capacity of defence minister, Vučić attended a General Staff meeting.