Enver Hoxhaj should find the strength to squarely face the truth and to learn the facts from numerous local and international, scientific and professional sources, the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information said in a response to Hoxhaj’s statement that ''Serbia is manipulating with facts by appropriating church objects as its own.''
Enver Hoxhaj is part of a general hysteric reaction to the logically posed questions by Belgrade, asked with intention to shed the light on the crime and bring to the justice those who have ordered and carried out the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said, Danas daily reports.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said the tariffs that Pristina authorities introduced on goods from Serbia “had one and the only goal and it is to harm Serbia,” adding there was no other political idea or principle behind that decision.
Commenting on statement of Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj, who said the new tax policy achieved its goal because it harmed Serbia’s economy, Djuric noted this once again proved what was the motive to introduce the tariffs.
Serbian media over the weekend reported on the statement Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj made, saying that, on several occasions, he had discussed founding a pact to oppose Serbia and its “aggressive policy” with the leaders of Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro while visiting those countries.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj said that protective measure of ten percent tax set by Kosovo government on products imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, defends interests of Kosovo state, it strengthens it and protects local production.
He told Telegrafi that the decision was made in order to impede Serbia from financing campaigns against Kosovo.
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric point out to Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), on the withdrawal of the recognition of Kosovo's independence by Liberia, it is important that Serbia continues to fight for its positions.
"This is not the first country to withdraw the recognition of Kosovo's independence, it has been done by several countries in the series and there are more and more countries that recognize Serbia's position," says Marko Djuric.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric dismissed claims of Kosovo PM and his deputy, Ramush Haradinaj and Enver Hoxhaj there is a new “four pillars plan” on Kosovo, Serbian media reported.
“Haradinaj and Hoxhaj are showing how nervous they are and the reason for it is a fact that their intentions or aims are neither achievable nor possible. If one thinks it can achieve goals with deceptions and lies, then that one would get disappointed,” Djuric told RTS.
Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic reacting to frequent attacks against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija said it is an obligation of the international community to guarantee the security of all citizens living there, Serbian media reported.
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj claims that Belgrade refuses to cooperate with Pristina regarding Oliver Ivanovic’s murder and that responses to the murder are hidden in Belgrade, Serbian media reported.
Meanwhile, Serbian Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic told RTS Serbia is interested the case of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder to be resolved, but he does not see the readiness of Pristina authorities to do so.
The work on the Statute of the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) runs smoothly, and as for the Management Team, the Statute can be completed as planned, until August, says the Minister of Local Self-Government in the Pristina's Institutions Ivan Todosijevic for Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
He notes that although he is the responsible minister, the Brussels agreements do not leave space for him to insist on seeing the text of the statute before it is presented in a high-level dialogue.