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No progress in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue
Belgrade/Brussels,
21 March 2018
Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija of the Serbian government Marko Djuric said that in the latest round of negotiations in Brussels, the Belgrade delegation insisted on the establishment of the Community of Serbian Municipalities, but that Pristina was not ready to talk about it.
The three-day round of dialogue of Belgrade and Pristina at the technical level in Brussels ended without any progress in the implementation of the agreements made.
The European External Action Service stated that, despite the fact that the discussion was thorough, no progress has been achieved.
Djuric said that the Serbian delegation resolutely demands that Pristina and the EU adopt the Statute of the Community of Serbian Municipalities and establish the municipality in unchanged form, without considering the decisions of Pristina courts and similar internal acts.
Only by adopting the Statute of the Community of Serbian Municipalities would Pristina show that it is ready to continue to negotiate and make agreements, he said, assessing that Pristina's representatives in Brussels came unprepared to implement what was agreed, expecting Serbia to give them everything.
He also made it clear that the Belgrade delegation is not fighting for some statute for the Community of Serbian Municipalities, but for the agreed substance of the Brussels agreement.
He added that on the last day of the talks, the freedom of movement was not discussed at all, athough it was on the agenda.
What freedom of movement are we talking about when Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, like Mr. Zajic, are being arrested for political reasons? Zajic was director of the bank in Klina, an old man of 70 years, he has never taken a rifle into his hands, but he was arrested as a returnee just to scare Serbs and send the message that they are not welcome in Kosovo-Metohija, Djuric concluded.
The European External Action Service stated that, despite the fact that the discussion was thorough, no progress has been achieved.
Djuric said that the Serbian delegation resolutely demands that Pristina and the EU adopt the Statute of the Community of Serbian Municipalities and establish the municipality in unchanged form, without considering the decisions of Pristina courts and similar internal acts.
Only by adopting the Statute of the Community of Serbian Municipalities would Pristina show that it is ready to continue to negotiate and make agreements, he said, assessing that Pristina's representatives in Brussels came unprepared to implement what was agreed, expecting Serbia to give them everything.
He also made it clear that the Belgrade delegation is not fighting for some statute for the Community of Serbian Municipalities, but for the agreed substance of the Brussels agreement.
He added that on the last day of the talks, the freedom of movement was not discussed at all, athough it was on the agenda.
What freedom of movement are we talking about when Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, like Mr. Zajic, are being arrested for political reasons? Zajic was director of the bank in Klina, an old man of 70 years, he has never taken a rifle into his hands, but he was arrested as a returnee just to scare Serbs and send the message that they are not welcome in Kosovo-Metohija, Djuric concluded.
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