Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says that Belgrade will not allow changes to be made to the ZSO agreement that Pristina intends to propose.
Dacic emphasized in a statement for Radio Belgrade over the weekend that any amending of the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo and Metohija was out of the question.
“Pristina is forgetting that the Brussels agreement was signed by then Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci, then High Representative of the European Union Catherine Ashton, and myself. It clearly defines what needs to be done and what the powers are. Pristina needs to clearly say whether it wants that or not. Any corrections are out of the question. If it is changed, the entire Brussels agreement will collapse,” Dacic pointed out.
He assessed that Pristina was “playing with fire” because it does not realize that the Serbian factor at this time is a stabilizing factor in Kosovo and Metohija.
“Despite all the problems that exist, we (Serbs) are participating in the Kosovo government,” Dacic reminded, adding that the real question was whether Pristina wants stability or not.
He noted that the formulation of “a legally binding agreement” (between Belgrade and Pristina) was invented by then EU official Stefan Fule at the time the Brussels agreement was adopted.
“He had the task of preparing some kind of document. He did not succeed in finding something that would be universally acceptable, as regards Kosovo and Metohija. Then he invented this ‘legally binding agreement’ and everyone consented, because no one knew what it was. And everyone is satisfied because everyone can interpret it in their own way,” said the minister.
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