Serbs from Kosovo will wait another seven days to see if there will be a progress, and on 20th April, all the presidents of the municipalities with the Serb majority will decide on the next moves, said the guest in the RTS News Igor Simic .
USA Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott thinks that question whether ZSO should be established in line with the Brussels agreement or Kosovo laws is contradictory, as according to him, Brussels agreement also says that what would be approved must be in line with Kosovo and Serbia’s laws, RTS reported.
USA supports steps made in the direction of establishing the ZSO, Scott said, adding he expects difficult negotiations, but thinks that recent happenings related to the ZSO are a step forward.
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has described statements saying that the ZSO would be formed in accordance with Kosovo's laws as "ridiculous."
That was something heard from an EU spokesperson earlier in the week.
Daily newspaper Blic writes that the Kosovo government has officially announced that the process of forming the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), even the EU that the drafting of the Statute has begun, and representatives of the Serbs claim that none of this has been done.
Aleksandar Vucic has said that the ZSO can only be formed in accordance with the Brussels agreement, its principles and the implementation plan.
Reacting to EU's stance on the formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo - after an EU spokesperson told Tanjug on Tuesday that this would be done "in accordance with Kosovo laws and objections of the Kosovo Constitutional Court - the president said, "let them show us where this is written."
Vucic also said he was "surprised by this statement."
The Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija issued a statement regarding the decision of Pristina to unblock the process of forming the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), reports RTK2.
The Office states that Belgrade and the Serbs from Kosovo are seeking the implementation of the agreements reached and will take part in the work on forming the ZSO only in a manner agreed in Brussels.
Belgrade's commitment to sincere and constructive dialogue with Pristina, with EU's mediation, is not producing the expected results.
Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said this on Tuesday, adding that authorities in Pristina, "with support of some foreign powers," have been prolonging the implementation of their obligations from the Brussels agreement.
Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic rejected allegations that the establishment of the ZSO is a compensation for Kosovo membership in the UN, Tanjug news agency reported.
She reminded ZSO is part of the Brussels agreement and it has to be implemented.
“Agreements must be honoured. There are no further negotiations about ZSO. We will give nothing more, as it is included in the Brussels agreement,” PM Brnabic told Serbian Parliament.
According to the statements of Serb political representatives, who earlier announced withdrawal from the Kosovo government, 10 Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo should form independently the ZSO, in accordance with the principles outlined in the Brussels agreement, Serbian media reported.
Former Serbian President and leader of Social-Democratic Party (SDS) Boris Tadic said last night that announced establishment of the Association of the Serb Municipalities by Serb representatives from Kosovo represents “an insult to a common sense.”
He explained that by signing the Brussels agreement “a legal system of independent Kosovo was accepted in the entire territory” therefore such community “is not possible outside of that legal system,” Serbian media reported.