The Kosovo Albanian political elite is in a panic after Prime Minister Ana Brnabic informed the world about their unlawful and anti-civilization measures, Serbian government official Marko Djuric said in a written statement to the media.
Slovakia is explicitly opposed to the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into an armed force, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has said.
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic held a bilateral meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Sofia on Thursday.
During it, she "expressed her gratitude for support for voting in the European Energy Association," the Serbian government announced on its website, citing a statement the PM made for Tanjug.
President of the Serbian List and the Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic thanked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Director of the Office for KiM Marko Djuric for the support they provided, reports KIM radio.
Rakic said that the projects, approved yesterday in support of the economic prosperity of Serbs in Kosovo, would significantly improve the lives of Serbs in Kosovo, adding that “this is also an example on how to fight for KiM, for the Serbian people living down there”.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said yesterday there are three fundamental obstacles in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue: Kosovo authorities' “permanent” provocations, their refusal to implement Brussels agreements and talks about abolishing border with Albania, Beta news agency reported.
She said that she mentioned those issues at the Geneva gathering on the Western Balkans organized by the World Economic Forum earlier in the day.
Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Beghjet Pacolli surprised Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday when he walked up to her while she was making a statement to the media.
While shaking hands, Brnabic asked him who gave him permission to be at the UN and Pacolli replied in Serbian: “I got your permission”. Brnabic responded saying “Not mine, if you had asked me...”.
The Mayor of the Presevo Valley Bujanovac town told N1 that a longtime lack of willingness to include the ethnic Albanians into the state structures and in the society as a whole left an impression that Serbia didn’t want them.
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, termed statements of Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic who said Pristina’s maximal requests, including recognition plus Presevo and Bujanovac are the main obstacle to resolve the Kosovo issue, as his personal stance and not the stance of the Serbian Government, TV N1 reported.
Expressing personal stances does not bother the government, Brnabic said, adding that different stances could be heard since the launch on internal dialogue on Kosovo.
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Tuesday requested a bilateral meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
According to our reporter in London, the Serbian delegation refused the request, but after it was repeated, a brief meeting took place.
Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has said on Wednesday she believes that “if and when” Belgrade agrees on a compromise with Pristina, the people will stand by their President and Government.
In an interview with the Belgrade Vecernje Novosti daily on the occasion of the first year of her premiership, Brnabic said it would not be any cabinet reshuffle “as long as the battle for Kosovo is going on.”