Reaction of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, to yesterday’s headline in Danas Belgrade – The headline in Danas newspaper, which transmits statements from Marko Djuric’s ‘Koha Ditore’ interview, does not match the content, conversation or attitudes of Marko Djuric, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, or the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Belgrade wants peace in Kosovo and normalization between Serbs and Albanians through new agreements such as the first Brussels agreement.

BELGRADE - Our people and our state have a future in Kosovo, if we want the future to be sustainable, we must be united, said the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric. "If we want the future to be sustainable, certain and strong we must all be united," said Djuric from Mitrovica, which hosts the event "Bozur Fest" organized by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija. He said we should all often go to Kosovo, to convince ourselves of the natural beauty, historical and cultural heritage to which we can be proud of. "The situation is difficult, there is no doubt about it, but

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that Serbia and Kosovo cannot sign intergovernmental agreements, as reported by the Pristina press, because Belgrade and Pristina do not talk as two countries, but rather as the central government and a province. Djuric said that, however, it is very important to continue the negotiations and reach a political agreement on normalization. "We do not want to build the future of all citizens of Kosovo in a conflict, but rather within a normal relationship.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Participation of Serbs in the Kosovo government alongside those who are openly inciting hatred and a cessation of the talks with Belgrade is unacceptable, says the head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric. Participation in the Kosovo government alongside all those who are openly calling for thwarting the establishment of the community of Serb municipalities, those who are inciting hatred and a cessation of the talks with Serbia, its institutions and the Serbian people as a whole, is unacceptable, Djuric said on Friday. "For that reason, we

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The overall results of the return of displaced persons to Kosovo-Metohija over the past decade and a half are unsatisfactory, says the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric. The efforts related to the return of displaced persons to Kosovo-Metohija must be doubled, and ensuring the return of at least some of the more than 247,000 persons to the province is a great responsibility, Djuric told a press conference in Kosovska Mitrovica. "For that to happen, it is not enough just to appear at a press conference and urge them to return to Kosovo

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric expects the European Union to give a positive assessment of all Belgrade has done in the dialogue with Pristina so far. In an interview with Tanjug ahead of informal consultations with EU officials on negotiation chapter 35, to be held in Brussels on Friday, Djuric said that he has received firm assurances over the past months that aspects of the implementation of the Brussels Agreement that depend on the political will of Kosovo's ethnic Albanians will have no impact on Serbia's European integrations. "We

Informal consultations concerning Chapter 35 will be held in Brussels on Sept.

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Wednesday that he expects extention of the 30-day deadline set for the presentation of defense of Oliver Ivanovic and other defendants, and reiterated that Serbia requests that the defendants be granted pre-trial release and ensured a fair trial. Djuric told the Radio and Television of Serbia that he expects the legal team representing Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens' Initiative "Freedom, Democracy, Justice" (GI SDP), to be accorded with sufficient time to gather the required evidence and material fo