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Djuric: Important that Serbs take part in government in KiM (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said on Tuesday that, in a meeting with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, an agreement has been reached that all MPs of the Serb List in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) take a united political front, underlining that it is important that the Serbs take on a part of the responsibility for running the institutions and take part in the government. At a news conference held after the meeting, Djuric said that it is in the Serbs' interest to take a united front and participate in the political process in the province so as to further their interests within institutional frameworks. He noted that, in the next several months, the objective is to work together on creating and building a community of Serb municipalities. Asked whether that means that the Serbs would enter the Kosovo government and that they would be able to cooperate with Hasim Taci and Ramus Haradinaj, Djuric said that it is very important for the Serbs to assume a part of the responsibility for administering the institutions in KiM and engage in the government. “We do not prejudge what would be a future structure of the provincial government, but we know that it is of immense importance for our community in KiM to have an impact on the developments,” Djuric told reporters after the meeting between representatives of Serbs in KiM, MPs in the Kosovo parliament, and municipal officials with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. Djuric noted that the meeting marked a turnabout in the Serbs' political activities. Representatives of the Serbs voiced the satisfaction about the agreement, and underscored that they had so far paid a huge price for the lack of unity.

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