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Kosovo independence unacceptable for Serbia

Belgrade, 16 February 2018

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated today that the independence of Kosovo-Metohija is unacceptable for Serbia and emphasised that Belgrade is dedicated to dialogue, because everything stipulated by the Brussels agreement has been fully implemented on our part.

Brnabic told reporters on the occasion of statement by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel that Serbia should accept Kosovo's independence in order to join the EU, that he had not produced any document regarding that.

She pointed out that the legally binding agreement is exclusively under the jurisdiction of Belgrade, and explained that it would be nonsense for Gabriel to bring any document when Belgrade is the one holding talks with Pristina about it.

The Prime Minister said that at the meeting with Gabriel on 14 February they discussed dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and a long-term normalisation of relations.

Brnabic assessed that Gabriel's statement in Pristina had been misrepresented that Serbia should recognise Kosovo's independence, stating that the German official was speaking figuratively that Serbia should accept the independence of Kosovo.

This is his opinion, he is foreign minister of a country that recognized the independence of Kosovo, but there are five EU member states that did not. Serbia does not have to do it and will not, the Prime Minister reiterated.

She recalled that Belgrade is committed to dialogue and that everything agreed upon by the Brussels Agreement has been fully implemented on our part, stressing that only the energy agreement has remained on which we are working.

Pristina has not made any step and I, as Prime Minister Serbia ask the EU countries and those that recognised Kosovo - what about the Brussels agreement and why are we still talking about accountability of Belgrade, which proved to be the most responsible in the region, Brnabic stated.