KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – Krstimir Pantic, deputy director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija, stated on Thursday that the statute of the community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) will have to be harmonized with representatives of the international community, adding that he expects the ZSO to be formed next month.
Pantic told Tanjug that he expects the ZSO to be set up early in February, adding that the drafting of the ZSO statute is close to an end.
“The statute will have to be approved and dovetailed with officials of the international community, we expect this to be done in the shortest time possible and to have the ZSO formed as early as beginning of February after all municipalities individually make a decision on accession to the ZSO,” Panic said.
Pantic, who is soon to assume the office of the Kosovska Mitrovica mayor, stated that it is certain that nine municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija will be members of the ZSO, adding that the decision of the Strpce municipality is still unknown.
“We would, of course, want all 10 municipalities, where Serb parties are in power, to join the ZSO, since in the way we would be able to protect the interest of our citizens in the best possible way, but this is the decision of each municipality individually,” Pantic said.
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