Advisor to the Kosovo President Blerim Shala told the RTK2, (the Show "Poglavlje" (Chapter)), that "the momentum of the historic agreement between Kosovo and Serbia must be defined," and that there must be a time limit for the talks.
"In principle, we have to agree that something that remained, we have to end once and for all".
“Internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija aims to hear and take into account the opinion of all citizens of Serbia, and the first round table gathered more than 40 law professors and deans of all law faculties in Serbia, from whom we were able to hear very creative ideas” Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said to Serbian media.
Secretary General of the Serbian President, Nikola Selakovic said today that an internal dialogue on Kosovo would continue this month and rejected criticism that the dialogue is staged, adding these are the first serious and open talks on Kosovo, without politicians being main stakeholders, Serbian media reported.
He said the dialogue would continue and it would include representatives of the academic communities, scientific institutes, and respectful national cultural institutions.
Member of People’s Party Political Board and historian, Cedomir Antic said that the so-called internal dialogue on Kosovo issue was launched in order not to have a real dialogue, Serbian media reported.
Antic also added, that the government is trying to talk now when it has accepted the integration of the north of Kosovo under Pristina’s authority with the Brussels agreement.
Instead of finding their places at the table with the government representatives who have started an internal dialogue on Kosovo yesterday, participants of the debate “Internal dialogue or monologue,” organized by the Institute for European Affairs, debated on the same day at the Cultural Centre in Belgrade, KoSSev portal reported.
KoSSev further reported participants of the debate were critical while commenting the current internal dialogue on Kosovo.
Obtaining legitimacy and wider citizens’ support for resolution of the Kosovo issue, governing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its coalition partners could use as a reason to call for extraordinary parliamentary elections, Danas daily reports.
Such conclusion could be made based on the earlier explanations the government provided to the president, and based on that he would call for the extraordinary elections.
President of Democratic Party (DS), Dragan Sutanovic commenting on the first roundtable within the internal dialogue on Kosovo, said that DS expects a true debate in the parliament and not a staged dialogue, TV N1 reported.
Sutanovac also said the parliament is the only place where the dialogue on crucially important topics for the state and society should take place.
Director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations Dusan Janjic said, visiting the N1 show ''Dan Uzivo'', that the commitment of Serbia in the future - to go to the EU or against the EU - is more important than the Kosovo issue. This, he says, implies the recognition of reality, which does not mean recognition of independence, but means accepting Kosovo in the UN without the opposition of Serbia.
Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Veljko Odalovic visiting the RTS News said that the internal dialogue on Kosovo should be opened as widely as possible and include as many of the most referent institutions and special organizations as possible - both civil society and the non-governmental sector.
Task of the Working Group to support the internal dialogue on Kosovo is to listen to and collect opinions and stances from the broadest social spectrum on the most important topics for us, in the next couple of months, Chair of the Working Group, Marko Djuric said today at the first session of the working group, Kontakt plus radio reported.