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Pristina's platform against dialogue, peace and future

Belgrade, 7 March 2019

Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said tonight that with a platform it adopted on dialogue with Belgrade, Pristina has sent a message that this is the end of the dialogue.

Speaking at an extraordinary press conference at the Serbian government, Djuric said that the decision of the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina to adopt a platform stating that the only possible outcome of the dialogue is the recognition of Kosovo’s independence, without dealing with the rights and position of the Serbs, is the end of the dialogue.

He also said that Pristina put Serbia in the worst position since 2011 when Albanians, with the help of their Western partners, made a border in Jarinje and Brnjak and showed to the whole world that it does not want dialogue.

The Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija stated that the platform envisages that the only possible outcome of the dialogue with Belgrade can be the recognition of "Kosovo's independence", and that the only possible solution could be the one defined by the already existing "Kosovo Constitution", while not mentioning with one single sentence the rights and position of the Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo-Metohija, their property or the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

First of all, with the decision not to implement the agreement on the formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities they gave a fatal blow to the dialogue, then by adopting the anti civilisation tariffs on Serbian goods they gave the second blow which created an impossible environment for the dialogue, and now with this final act, they sent a clear message that for them the dialogue is finished, the Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija pointed out.

Djuric recalled that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been warning the entire international public in recent months that if this platform were to be adopted, that would be the end of the dialogue.

I was present when the President of Serbia also warned Federica Mogherini and various other officials and when they promised him that this would not only not be adopted, but that such an act, such a platform against dialogue would never come to the agenda of the parliament in Pristina, Djuric said.

He added that now that this platform against dialogue, peace and the future has been adopted, "the only answer from those people is silence".

Djuric said that President Vucic had scheduled an urgent session of the National Security Council for tomorrow at 8.30 and pointed out that Serbia will know how to respond in the right way to the challenge it is facing.

We will not rush, but Serbia will know how to protect its state and national interests regarding Kosovo-Metohija, the position and rights of our people in Kosovo-Metohija and entire Serbia, Djuric stated.