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Pristina uses sports event for political provocation
Valjevo,
9 May 2018
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today that the so-called Kosovo cannot in any way participate in the European Karate Championship in Novi Sad with national features and that preventing participation in this way does not mean that Belgrade violates the Brussels agreement.
In her statement to the press in Valjevo, Brnabic said that Belgrade is absolutely not violating the Brussels agreement if it does not allow actions contrary to some of the most basic agreements, such as an agreement on official visits, which stipulates that an official notice should be sent 48 hours before entering central Serbia.
When asked to comment on preventing three people from crossing an administrative line with the flags and features of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo last night, she pointed out that they were persons who tried to enter the territory of central Serbia, because of which last night and this morning they were returned from the administrative crossing.
The Prime Minister pointed out that Pristina institutions completely abused the sport and that their political interests prevailed.
Brnabic stressed that the government of Serbia, together with the Government of the AP Vojvodina and the City of Novi Sad, worked very carefully on the organisation of the European Karate Championship and that our party has not wanted to give inflammatory statements in recent times, unlike Pristina.
The statements from Pristina were completely inaccurate – that their karate federation would appear equally with all other countries and symbols, which is impossible because they are not a state and therefore cannot function equally, she explained.
The Prime Minister concluded that the fact that Pristina used a sports event as a political story is not in the interest of Pristina itself nor in the interests of regional stability.
When asked to comment on preventing three people from crossing an administrative line with the flags and features of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo last night, she pointed out that they were persons who tried to enter the territory of central Serbia, because of which last night and this morning they were returned from the administrative crossing.
The Prime Minister pointed out that Pristina institutions completely abused the sport and that their political interests prevailed.
Brnabic stressed that the government of Serbia, together with the Government of the AP Vojvodina and the City of Novi Sad, worked very carefully on the organisation of the European Karate Championship and that our party has not wanted to give inflammatory statements in recent times, unlike Pristina.
The statements from Pristina were completely inaccurate – that their karate federation would appear equally with all other countries and symbols, which is impossible because they are not a state and therefore cannot function equally, she explained.
The Prime Minister concluded that the fact that Pristina used a sports event as a political story is not in the interest of Pristina itself nor in the interests of regional stability.
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