Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama points in an exclusive interview to Belgrade based TV Pink that he strongly advocates a new era in Albanian-Serbian relations and believes that Serbs and Albanians can do for the Balkans what France and Germany did for Europe.
The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic talked about the media in Kosovo for the third time last week. Upon returning from Beijing, last night however he did not place an emphasis on the media in the north as he did twice already, claiming that he was not referring only to the media in the north, but throughout Kosovo.
Serbia should use the maneuvering space that Washington opened with the arrival of the Donald Tramp administration, and find a different solution than what the Germans, the British and the Albanians want, says the chairman of the Assembly's Committee for KiM, Milovan Drecun to Belgrade based TV Pink.
Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic rejects the possibility of resolving the Kosovo issue by the "two Germany" model that was recently mentioned, and in 2007 proposed by German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, reports Serbian media.
Dacic says that the plan, which was recently talked about, cannot be applied because the two Germanys were internationally recognized states before the unification, while this model in the case of Kosovo means to dismantle and divide Serbia.
Vice President of the Serbian List Dalibor Jevtic told TV Pink that the situation in Kosovo is still uncertain, and that Pristina does nothing to calm the tensions and continue the dialogue
Jevtic says Pristina, by adopting the platform on dialogue, further complicated the whole situation, and that uncertainty is deepened south and north of the Ibar, Tanjug reports.
Vice president of the Serbian List Igor Simic told TV Pink yesterday that Pristina was trying to break the resistance of Serbs in Kosovo by mounting new false charges, Serbian media quoted.
He said that it was mentioned that those were people from political life, that is, everyone marked by Pristina as someone who can lead the Serbian people.
The Ministry of Justice has just forwarded to Pristina a comprehensive report and relevant minutes from questionings regarding the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic told Belgrade based TV Pink. She says that it was done based on the last request from Pristina to question certain individuals in connection with the investigation into the murder.
Kuburovic told TV Pink that the forwarding of the report shows that Belgrade is still ready to cooperate and respond to all the demands coming from Pristina.
Serbian Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija chair Milovan Drecun has assessed that the creation of Greater Albania is an irreversible process.
Drecun also told Belgrade based TV Pink that this will be created "in one form or the other" and that this is being done in order to create a counterpoint to Serbia - a territory that could, with its size, resources and population be able to compete with Serbia.
"Pristina's taxes, the so-called Kosovo army, the erasing of the border between Kosovo and Albania - have taken the dialogue not one, but 50 steps backwards," assessed Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
Speaking for Pink TV on Friday in Belgrade, Brnabic pointed out that due to all these decisions of the provisional institutions in Pristina she "does not see any indication of a compromise" - and instead believes that Belgrade and Pristina are increasingly removed from one.
Serbia’s Trade Minister said on Wednesday the European Union will have a last chance to explicitly call on Pristina to withdraw its decision on tariffs on December 17, during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Kosovo’s accession, the Beta news agency reported.
Rasim Ljajic told the Belgrade-based Pink television that “there were enough of appeals. Only the EU has mechanisms not just to pressure Pristina but to threaten it with the suspension of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) and other documents.”