Belgrade requests that agreement on disbanding the Civil Protection in northern Kosovo cover 751 members of that structure, whereas Pristina offered 483 work places.
The agreement didn’t arrange the key issue: Whether all members of the Civil Protection will get new jobs? Belgrade asked that 751 members of this structure are integrated in the Kosovo institutions, whereas Kosovo side claims that he figure is inflated, and offered 483 jobs.
RTK2 learned at the Civil Protection headquarters in northern Kosovo that employees have been informed that they will be retired as of 1 September, and that those who want to be integrated can do so in the areas of forestry and fire-fighting…
“Those 483 persons will be employed in civil institutions. When I say civil, that doesn’t mean that they will be employed in the Kosovo Police or Kosovo Security Forces, but services that carry out local activity such as inspectorates, agencies, statistic bureaus, archives and other similar services. That is provided by the agreement,” said Kosovo chief negotiator in talks with Belgrade Edita Tahiri.
The agreement will be implemented until 1 September. Document signed in behalf of Kosovo and Serbia’s governments by Edita Tahiri and Marko Đurić, respectively, provides that premises used by the members of the Civil Protection are handed over to Kosovo government and municipalities in northern Kosovo. Representatives of the European Union will be present during hand-over ceremony.
