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Serb List will not support formation of government in Pristina

Belgrade, 2 February 2020

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic says that Serbs today are a stronger factor in Kosovo-Metohija than countless times before, primarily because they are united.

Brnabic said at a press conference at the Palace of Serbia after a meeting she and Kosovo-Metohija Office Director Marko Djuric with political representatives of Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija that she is grateful to them for having left their differences aside, because togeher they managed to become a factor worth respect.

Without this respect, they will not support any provisional governments in Pristina. The Serbs, thanks to their unity and the support of President Aleksandar Vucic and the entire government, won 10 out of 10 possible seats and decided not to support the formation of a government in Pristina, she said.

She also said that today's meeting also discussed the economy, i.e. the Serbia 2025 plan, which set aside €150 million for concrete projects, economic empowerment and a better life in the southern Serbian province.

According to Brnabic, representatives of the Serbs were also informed of talks with foreign partners related to projects such as the Belgrade-Pristina airline, which will contribute to a better economy and a more stable region.

We also talked about introducing rail transport, but also about the important highway of peace we are working on with EU partners, said Brnabic.

Asked how much economic development and all other plans are affected by taxes, the Prime Minister reiterated that Serbia is losing a million euros a day due to fees.

The issue of fees is a realistic prerequisite for any serious economic cooperation. We made concessions to prove that we wanted to be constructive, so we signed regional roaming while taxes were in place, but this was also important for our people in Kosovo. There are no serious discussions before the tax is abolished, Brnabic stressed.

She added that she expects a decision to withdraw the taxes as it also harms Albanian citizens.

According to Brnabic, the stronger the Serbian economy, the more chances are to finance various projects, but also to create new jobs.

Today, the struggle for the survival of Serbia and the people of Kosovo is an economic struggle for these people to stay there and have good living conditions, which is why the Serbia 2025 plan is crucial to us, the Prime Minister said.

Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric reiterated that the Serb List will not vote in support of the formation of the Kosovo government, adding that this does not mean, however, that they will not speak to Albanian political representatives in the southern Serbian province.

Djuric said the decision was made in view of the fact that in the previous period, the provisional Pristina authorities fundamentally betrayed the Serbs and their representatives, but also violated on the rights of the Serbian people.