[7] Ten rounds of talks were held at the European External Action Service office in Brussels.

Normalisation of relations with neighbouring states is a key precondition for states wishing to join the EU; the Brussels Agreement brought Serbia close to EU accession talks and Kosovo to initializing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA).

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton invited Baroness Ashton to travel in the Balkans, and they made joint visits to Belgrade, Pristina, and Sarajevo in October 2012.

The European Commission advised beginning an SAA with Kosovo after the agreement was concluded,[8] and accession negotiations began with Serbia.

The document agrees on the integration of Serb-majority municipalities in North Kosovo into the Kosovar legal system, with two guarantees: After the agreement was signed, meetings have been held regularly to implement its provisions.

[18] Scholars Smilja Avramov and Elena Guskova maintain that the agreement violates the Constitution of Serbia and the United Nations Charter, and is an indirect recognition of Kosovar independence.

[24] On 24 March 2022, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić claimed that the Brussels Agreement "no longer exists", citing the suspension of court president of Mitrovica Ljiljana Stevanović by the Kosovo Judicial Council and alleged plans to remove all Serb commanders from the Kosovo police force as the primary reason.

[25][26] Prime Minister Ana Brnabić made similar remarks and claimed that basic human rights of the Serb community in Kosovo were not respected.