Kosovo Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli, said during the “Building Albanian-Serb ties” conference held in Mitrovica that communication between Serbs and Albanians is the only way towards relaxation of the relations. Veseli stated that no major inter-ethnic problem occurred ever since Kosovo declared its independence in 2008,
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that the ideas on the reciprocity to the Community / Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) are not grounded either in law, or in reality. "Certain local politicians from the southern Serbia stressed some ideas for some kind of reciprocity in relation to the ZSO. I can only say that we have heard these ideas and they look a bit ridiculous and frivolous.
Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said today that Serbs in Kosovo and throughout Serbia expect leader of the Citizens' Initiative 'Freedom, Democracy, Justice' Oliver Ivanovic to be released on August 26, when his detention sentence is due to expire.
Ivanovic is tried before the Mitrovica Basic Court for the criminal act of war crime against civilians.
Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said today that the representatives of Belgrade in the dialogue with Pristina will go to Brussels next week with an aim to bring about the establishment of the community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in the southern province.
After a meeting with the officials of Serb municipalities in KiM, Djuric said that the Belgrade delegation will try to justify the trust of all citizens of Serbia and bring about the agreement on setting up the ZSO.
Director of the Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric will talk today in Belgrade on the continuation of the Brussels dialogue and the formation of Community / Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) with the political representatives of the Serbian community in Kosovo, announced the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo.
The Deputy Director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo, Dusan Kozarev, said today that the Director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric was not allowed to enter Kosovo today. According to him, Djuric was going to distribute some aid to the farmers. Kozarev said the decision to stop Djuric does not show strength, but weakness and fear.
The key interests of Serbia are stability in Kosovo and normalization of the Belgrade-Pristina relations, as well as improvement of the Serb community's position in Kosovo, Director of the Serbian government's Office for KiM Marko Djuric said Monday during a meeting with the head of UNMIK Farid Zarif.
Zarif, who is on a farewell visit, commended the authorities in Belgrade and Pristina for focusing on improving economic situation in Kosovo, promoting human rights and fighting corruption.
Head of the Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, has ignored Kosovo authorities, entering the territory of Kosovo, despite the rejection of the permission. Djuric is staying today in northern part of Mitrovica, and according to the sequences of the news agency Tanjug, he visited this morning the headquarter of the Citizens’ Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice,” headed by Oliver Ivanovic.
Head of Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric asked the UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif and EULEX Chief Gabriel Meucci to engage on Ivanovic's case.
Djuric in an official letter addressed to EULEX and UNMIK requested to enable bail for the leader of the Citizens' Initiative SDP, Oliver Ivanovic and Dragoljub Delibasic. Also, Djuric states that it would prevent human right violations and damage of Ivanovic's health.
Belgrade does not believe Pristina has the administrative capacities or sincere intention to bring to justice perpetrators of horrendous crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric has said.