Outgoing Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanovic stated today that Serbs from Kosovo support an initiative of the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic on internal dialogue on Kosovo, Kontakt plus radio reported.
KFOR a key factor in maintaining peace and protecting religious facilities, deputy prime minister Branimir Stojanovic and Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO Operations John Manza have agreed, reports KIM radio.
During the meeting, they exchanged views on the situation in Kosovo, discussing security, protection of religious facilities and the current political situation after parliamentary elections.
It's been four years since the signing of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on the normalization of relations. As the biggest success was seen the agreement on formation of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), that still does not exist. "I did not see recently readiness of Serbs, their representatives to proceed with the establishment of the Community because we have invited them several times.
Daily Politika quotes today Deputy Prime Minister in the Kosovo Government Branimir Stojanović saying that currently there are no operational data which show that safety is jeopardized, but he also says that there was no indication of the pogrom that took place on 17 March 2004.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, said there are many other problems in relations between Albanians and Serbs which need to be addressed before considering establishment of Kosovo army. “Albanians and Serbs have learnt little from the past because if they had learnt more, things would now be different,” Stojanovic is quoted. “As a society we are polarized a great deal. If [KSF] transformation goes ahead, the quality of life will not change that much. The problem of Albanian-Serb relations is huge and quite old.
The meeting of representatives of the Serbian List was marked by quarrels between Slobodan Petrović, Slavko Simić and Branimir Stojanović.
Representatives of the Serbian list invited media to record only the beginning of the meeting. However, quarrel between the representatives of the list marked the very beginning of the meeting and in front of the media.
Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from the Serbian List Branimir Stojanović says that Aleksandar Jablanović does not present the unity of all the Serb representatives and that he does not have the support of the Serbian List.
Stojanović said this to Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), and added that nobody can be president of the Serbian List without the support of the Serbs, and announced an extraordinary meeting of the representatives of the list.