The talks in Brussels on Monday were very difficult, another step forward has been taken and now it is important that those who are playing a very important role in the Western Balkans, namely the international community and the European Union above all, exert additional pressure on Pristina in order to finalize the agreement, Kosovo deputy PM Branimir Stojanovic said to International Radio Serbia.
Stojanovic believes there is a clear idea what the Community/ Association of Serbian Municipalities should look like. However, he adds, Kosovo Albanian political representatives do not want to admit that. The good thing is that progress has been made, but when it comes to the very method the issue was discussed, that is something we have come across before. We have seen obstruction from the Kosovo Albanian side and, from the Serbian side, a good plan how to try to reach agreement and I believe the result will be equally good, said Stojanovic.
Stojanovic was certain that better days were coming and that, after the formation of the ZSO and a higher political unity, the situation would be better. The increasingly frequent attacks on Serb returnee families in Metohija are, according to Stojanovic, considerably resulted from the fact that, today, no Serbs are employed in the Kosovo police service in that territory. It is our obligation to stay by our people and we will do everything to have some things changed systematically and employ Serbs in the Kosovo police. The fact is that there are no Serb policemen and, consequently, there are so many attacks mounted on Serbs, while the perpetrators are not being arrested or punished. We must exert pressure on all the relevant factors to do their job, which we are going to do through all the mechanisms we have created and I expect that to yield certain results, concludes Kosovo deputy PM Branimir Stojanovic.
