The Serbian government has appointed Ljubomir Maric as assistant director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug learned from this Office.
Maric will deal with issues related to the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo, and with coordination of local self-governments in Kosovo.
Sokol Havolli, the chief of staff and advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, in an interview with KTV, commented on Belgrade’s recent ultimatums about former Local Government Minister Ljubomir Maric and the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Havolli said the Kosovo government has never functioned based on ultimatums, “especially those coming from the Serbian state”.
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović says that they will seek the implementation of the agreement on the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) and in the future, while adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Azem Vllasi says that boycott of the Serb representatives does not benefit the Serbian community, these positions could be heard at the show ''Poglavlje,'' on a TV channel RTK2.
The two Serbian ministers in the Kosovo government, Dalibor Jevtić and Ljubomir Marić assess that the agreement on the implementation of the agreement on telecommunications is very important and useful for the citizens.
"What is essential is that the principled position of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the property has succeeded and we have an agreement which is very beneficial for the people in Kosovo and Metohija, which will have quality service when it comes to telecommunications," said Marić.
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will meet today in Belgrade with the Serb representatives in the Kosovo government.
As announced by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Đurić will discuss with the Deputy Kosovo Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, Minister for Local Government Ljubomir Marić and Minister for Communities and Returns Dalibor Jevtić.
The final message after the visit of the US vice-president Joseph Biden to Belgrade and Pristina is that interest of Serbia and US are now matching when it comes to the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities (A/CSM), said Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić.
Kosovo’s Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Ferid Agani met in Pristina the Minister of Local Government and Administration Ljubomir Marić, Mayor of Zveçan/Zvečan Vučina Janković, and Deputy Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Slađan Nikolčević to discuss the construction of 300 houses in the municipality of Zveçan/Zvečan known as the “Sunny Valley”. Minister Marić stressed the importance the settlement is to the resolution of problems related to sustainable returns and added that the line ministries should assist in implementation of the project.
Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić, stated that it is important that protests of Kosovo Albanians in Dečani/Deçan are not turned against the Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbs who live there. The leadership of this municipality has called the protests tomorrow in this town at 12:00, against the decision of the Constitutional Court which confirmed the ownership of the Visoki Dečani Monastery over 24 hectares of land around it.
Kosovo Minister for Local Government Administration Ljubomir Marić said on Tuesday that all requests that sought delay of the establishment of Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities (ZSO) are unacceptable.
Marić told Tanjug that he expects the part of the Brussels agreement, relevant to the creation of the A/CSM, to be implemented without further delay, that is, the statute to be drafted and approved, and constitutive session of the A/CSM convened soon after.
It is not the first time that statements of Serb representatives in Kosovo institutions are constructed in negative context, or to suit others. Because of this I will tell everything I have to say to the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa when we meet, said Minister for Local Government Administration and coordinator for the draft statute of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, Ljubomir Marić, while commenting Mustafa’s remarks, in an interview to the paper.