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Drecun: Elections if people say no in Kosovo issue popular vote (N1)

The head of Serbia’s Parliament Kosovo Committee said that a final stage of Belgrade – Pristina dialogue was approaching and that the diplomatic activities should increase, adding that Serbia would not allow Kosovo to become a UN member.

Milovan Drecun, of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), added that the final status discussion demanded a new format of negotiations.

Drecun: Insincere wish of Pristina to form ZSO (RTS)

The chairman of the Assembly's Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, told RTS on Saturday that the way Albanians want to define the statute of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) is contrary to the Brussels agreement, adding that the question is what will be written in the Statute. If it is unacceptable to Belgrade, there is nothing of that, says Drecun.

Drecun: A message of Mogherini for the Albanians that they cannot give up the Brussels process (TV Pink, Blic, N1)

Chairman of the Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said today to TV Pink that, by organizing an informal meeting of the President of Serbia and Kosovo, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini has sent a message to the Kosovo Albanians that they cannot give up the Brussels process and the implementation of the deal.

Drecun: The campaign started in the UN to withdraw UNMIK from Kosovo (RTS, N1)

President of the Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun says that presentations of the Western ambassadors at the session of the UN Security Council regarding the quarterly report on Kosovo, represent the start of the campaign for the withdrawal of UNMIK from Kosovo and an attempt to relocate the problem of Kosovo from the UN.

No confirmation of weapons seized en route to Macedonia (B92, Vecernje Novosti)

There has been no official information about a Military Security Agency (VBA) operation that recently reportedly netted a large quantity of weapons.

Only Belgrade-based media have reported about this, saying that several thousand rifle parts, machine guns, mortars and hand grenades were seized during "the secret operation" - as they were illegally transported through Serbia to Macedonia.

Drecun: Progress in collection evidence against KLA (KIM radio)

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said that he was very pleased with the progress achieved in the Working group for collection of the facts and evidence to shed light on crimes committed against Serbs and other people in Kosovo.

Drecun said that soon will have a complete data base of the crimes committed by the KLA, especially for the period when Serbian security forces were present.

Drecun: The continuity of the US administration on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija (Radio KIM)

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun says that he is concerned about new statement of US Secretary of Defense James Mathis that the recognition of Kosovo would be actualized before Serbia's membership in the EU.

"Does this mean that the Trump’s administration will give up the former US stance not to exert pressure and not require from Serbian recognition of Kosovo? If it came to such a development of events, that would be a negative trend," said Milovan Drecun for RTS.

Danger of terrorist acts in Kosovo is now "high" (Serbian media)

Milovan Drecun said on Wednesday that "incidents cannot be ruled out" in the coming period, "due to the situation in Kosovo and Metohija."

The chairman of the Serbian National Assembly's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija said this particularly in view of the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj, adding that the danger of terrorist acts being carried out in Kosovo was "high."

Drecun blames Albanians for split among Serbs (Klan Kosova)

Milovan Drecun, chairman of the Serbian Parliament’s committee for Kosovo, said disagreements between Serbian List MPs could have come as a result of “pressure from the Albanian side and certain diplomatic missions”. Drecun told the Radio Television of Serbia that “political immaturity” prevailed among those Serbian List MPs that decided to return to the Kosovo Assembly without an agreement with the Serbian Government.