Serbia’s Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic asked Interpol chiefs and the members to the organization's Executive Committee not to look at Kosovo’s new membership application and to vote against if it was put on the next years' General Assembly meeting, N1 reported.
David McAllister, the European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia told Radio Free Europe (RFE) in an interview his delegation called on Pristina authorities to revoke the decision on the 100 percent import taxes on goods from Serbia to enable the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue to resume, the Beta news agency reported on Wednesday.
The Serbian Ministry of Interior (MUP) issued a statement late on Wednesday, following media reports that armed Albanians had stormed Kursumlija area villages.
As stated, the police station in Kursumlija received a report on Tuesday evening from workers in the area of the village of Rastelica that they had heard shooting "from the direction of the Autonomous Province (AP) of Kosovo and Metohija."
The Norwegian ambassador to Serbia Arne Sannes Bjørnstad said on Wednesday that Oslo would support any agreement between Serbia and Kosovo which would secure the respect of human rights and would be good for the regional stability, the Beta news agency reported.
Commenting on the media report that a deal between Belgrade and Pristina would be signed in June, the envoy said he doubted “the story was true.”
Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for Federica Mogherini, the European Union Diplomacy chief, said late on Tuesday that Serbia’s Parliament supervision and the process of drafting the laws became questionable last year due to the absence of the essential and parliamentarian debate, the independent Insajder production reported.
On Monday, Nathalie Loiseau, French Minister for European Affairs said ahead of her visit to Belgrade that the current situation in the EU did not allow enlargement under the satisfactory conditions.
The European Movement in Serbia Secretary-general Suzana Grubjesic told N1 on Wednesday that the European Union showed fatigue with the enlargement but added Serbia should continue with the reforms.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the representatives of the Kosovo Serbs, both from the south and from the north, asked from him
to leave all the Kosovo institutions and added that he asked them to wait for an answer for a maximum of 45 days, in order to have the opportunity to speak with the Chinese President and other world leaders.
The US ambassador in Pristina expressed the conviction on Tuesday that enemies can be turned into partners if they focus on benefits of cooperation.
Washington’s envoy to Kosovo Philip Kosnett wrote on his Twitter profile that the horrors of the past also have to be discussed.
“With time, enemies can turn to partners when they honestly discuss the horrors of the past, while focusing on the benefits cooperation will bring in the future,” the ambassador tweeted.
The European Parliament’s former rapporteur on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Doris Pack, spoke out on Tuesday against changes to borders in the Balkans.
Former MEP expressed surprise over the fact that the Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Hashim Thaci, support the proposed territory swap between Serbia and Kosovo.
The European Parliament (EP) delegation headed by David McAllister, the Rapporteur for Serbia, will spend four days in Belgrade and Pristina to assess the political situation and the European Union relations with Kosovo and Serbia, the Beta news agency reported on Wednesday.
The Rapporteur for Kosovo, Slovenian MEP Igor Soltes, will also be in the EP delegation during its visit from Wednesday to March 2.