Dacic said at a UN Security Council session dedicated to the situation in Kosovo-Metohija that Pristina is solely responsible for the lack of dialogue and recalled that a year ago, taxes on goods from central Serbia were introduced a year ago.
He said it was an outrageous measure, unilaterally adopted and that Pristina was the only one responsible for making the dialogue meaningless at the moment.
Despite the condemnation of the entire international community and the numerous calls for taxes to be withdrawn, they have been in force for almost a year, with several hundred million dollars in damages and increasing every day, he said.
Dacic also said that irrational and unacceptable attempts were made to establish an artificial balance of responsibility between Belgrade and Pristina for interrupting dialogue and explaining that the decision on fees was a response to Serbia's campaign to withdraw recognition of the so-called “Kosovo”.
Our activities are a response to the recognition campaign, which is Kosovo, with the help of some of you, has been in the lead ever since they declared independence. If you are already calling on Serbia to suspend the campaign, we expect you to invite Pristina to stop lobbying as well as to stop doing it yourself, the First Deputy Prime Minister said.