There is no pressure on Serbia that Kosovo enters the United Nations, told Danas, Ivica Dacic, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He denied that there are pressures from Germany and other Western countries onto Belgrade to weaken the relationship with the Republika Srpska and to support constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Asked whether Serbia would weaken ties with Republika Srpska and support constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he said that nobody requested it of us.
– We will continue to have special relations with the RS, and we will support all agreed in BiH between three peoples and two entities – said Dacic.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Belgrade on 8 and 9 July. She will be in her short regional tour, with her first visit to Albania, from where she will travel to Serbia on 8 July. After the meetings on July 9, Merkel travels to Sarajevo. According to interlocutors of Danas, the plan of her visit would not change, unless some unexpected situations occur.
Her main goal, according to our interlocutors, will be support to regional cooperation and the Berlin process that started with the Western Balkans conference in Berlin organized by the German Chancellor.
Also, our interlocutors say that Merkel’s visit wishes to make clear that the EU did not forget this part of Europe despite all the problems that the Union has to address. Of course, according to our sources, the main topic of the talks between the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Angela Merkel will be Serbia’s European integration. This topic includes the fulfilment of obligations of Belgrade from Brussels Treaty signed in order to normalize relations with Kosovo, then foreign policy of Belgrade towards Russia, and plans of Serbia to diversify sources of gas.
It is well known that Germany is dictating the pace of Serbia’s approach to the EU and until Berlin is not satisfied with the degree of fulfilment of commitments, especially in relations with Kosovo, Belgrade cannot expect a decision of the European Council on the opening of the first chapters in the negotiations with the Union.
