“I want to remind Mr Bahtiri that he pledged, in Brussels in the presence of representatives of the EU and the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, that the park will not be removed, until a solution is found with which will agree citizens of both municipalities,” said Rakic.
Mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakic reacted to a statement of Mayor of South Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri that “Peace Park” soon would be removed, and went on saying that mayors have more important things to do than to make inflammatory statements.
“Because he forgot to convey to his fellow citizens, after returning home, I will use this opportunity to remind him and call him to, instead of inciting clashes, work together on solving problems of citizens,” said Rakic in the statement sent to the media.
Rakic argues the Ministry of Local Self-government in Pristina has not sent any warning that the park of peace is in conflict with the constitution of Kosovo, the Brussels Treaty or the laws of Kosovo.
Rakic reminds us that the goal of “Peace Park” is an expression of desire that the point which separated the two nations, over the past 15 years, in the future to be “a place of their meeting.”
“The continuation of difficult and sensitive negotiations, that awaits the government in Belgrade and the new government in Pristina, should not be additionally complicated by flammable and dangerous statement. We have achieved hardly a fragile peace. The barricade was removed from the main bridge three years after the Serbs set it because of fear for their safety,” said the Mayor of North Mitrovica.
