Concentrated pressure from the EU and the USA on Serbia to fulfill the demands for the recognition of Kosovo is to be expected, while the EU will use a slightly different vocabulary, but move toward the same goal – the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned yesterday following an SNS presidency meeting.
Several topics were on the agenda – including a discussion about the recent early Kosovo parliamentary elections, and the massive success of Srpska Lista.
„Absolute domination of SL among the Serbs – we are grateful to the people for that support, but what is interesting is that the support is unanimous and unison in the north of the province, and slightly lower south of the Ibar. In accordance with that, we will take steps and measures to oppose – of course, democratic means, political means – the violence of Albanian political entities that abuse certain Serbian representatives and try to convince our people in Kosovo that Kosovo’s independence is the only option,“ Vucic said.
A mandate must be given to SL according to Kosovo laws, Vucic reminded Pristina of its obligations.
„Whether SL will accept and how it will react, we will decide in the coming days – I think we scheduled a meeting for Petkovic for Friday – in Kursumlija, where we will invite all our representatives from Kosovo to come so that we can talk and consult with them,“ said President Vucic, which the head of the Kosovo Office, Petar Petkovic also confirmed.
According to Vucic, the reason why Kurti is talking about a dialogue with Serbs from Kosovo – and not with Serbia – is to underline that Kosovo is independent and that he will only talk to those who accept that.
„Of course, the Serb people understood that thesis and that is why so many of them voted for SL, but not everyone in the international community will easily understand that, that is why it is important to talk about it,“ said the Serbian president.
Along with the issue of health care and Republika Srpska, this was also the reason why the presidency of the SNS met on Tuesday, on the eve of the upcoming visit of Miroslav Lajcak, the EU envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
„It is extremely important that we understand the position we are in, especially after the change in the US administration. The so-called concentrated pressure of the EU and the USA on our country to fulfill the demands for, as the Americans openly say, the recognition of Kosovo is to be expected, since the recognition of Kosovo by Belgrade does not mean anything to us, it is a bit ridiculous and nonsense to listen to, while the EU will use a slightly different vocabulary, but move toward the same goal,“ said Vucic.
Vucic also addressed the incident that took place in Laplje Selo on Monday, during which the son of a Serb politician from central Kosovo, Nenad Rasic, sustained heavy bodily injuries. Vucic’s claims are contrary to Rasic’s testimony – who said that a group of about 30 young men physically attacked his son – but they are in line with the allegations presented by SL and the parents of the arrested young men – that the fight was organized by two groups of young men.
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