Following a session which was attended by US Ambassador to Belgrade Michael Polt and Serbian Minister of Interior Dragan Jocic, Ljajic voiced satisfaction with today's meeting and said that ministers of justice and education Zoran Stojkovic and Slobodan Vuksanovic will visit these three municipalities soon to conduct talks with the leadership about problems in the judiciary and education.
Jocic said that an agreement has been reached to include ethnic Albanians into the police corps and enable them to be promoted. He added that the Serbian government will reach a decision tomorrow on opening four small border crossings with Macedonia.
Polt expressed satisfaction with the Serbian government’s work on solving problems in this part of the republic and promised significant help from the US towards improving economic conditions in the three municipalities.
The US ambassador said that in the upcoming year, loans will be approved to many private business holders in Serbia, with the guarantees of the US government.
Participants in the working session of the coordinating body were, apart from the presidents of the municipalities of Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja, Nagip Arif, Riza Halimi and Slobodan Draskovic respectively, deputy presidents of the coordinating body Sima Gazikalovic, Milovan Coguric and Branko Delibasic. The main topics were the inclusion of ethnic Albanians in the work of the judiciary and the police, as well as the opening of small border-crossings and economic help.