Rasim Ljajic, Serbia’s deputy prime minister and minister of trade and telecommunications, says Belgrade and Pristina have yet to reach an agreement on telecommunications, but Belgrade has offered a compromise solution and is waiting for a response.
“We are waiting for the EU and Pristina to respond to our latest proposal, which is a compromise between our and their position to date,” Ljajic told Tanjug.
Consultations between Belgrade and Pristina working groups continued Friday in Brussels.
Pristina is insisting that Kosovo be given an international calling code, which Belgrade finds unacceptable.
Serbian officials recalled that under the Brussels agreement, all solutions must be status neutral and warned that Pristina is trying to impose Kosovo’s self-proclaimed statehood in every way, including this one.
Veljko Odalovic, the Serbian government’s secretary general, said Thursday that the Serbian operator built a competitive telecommunications network in Kosovo.
He stressed the infrastructure is the property of Serbian citizens and that the government must not allow Kosovo to obtain a calling code in this manner for the sole purpose of promoting its independence.
He also underlined that Belgrade and Pristina should seek a solution in line with the agreement on normalization of relations, but that the solution must be acceptable to both sides, not only Pristina.
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