Serbian Minister of Finance, Sinisa Mali said the Kosovo Tax Administration was not admitted to Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA), RTS reports.
Mali noted “it is an excellent news for Serbia and yet another evidence that nothing can be done by force and without agreement with official Belgrade.”
Mali added according to IOTA Charter only states recognized by the United Nations can be members of IOTA.
Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic commented in Sarajevo on joint foreign policy of Pristina and Tirana and his earlier statement that Serbia could do the same with Republic of Srpska by saying “we could, why not,” B92 reports.
Dacic made these remarks at the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit. Asked to comment on the absence of Kosovo and Albanian delegations from the summit, Dacic said that in 2014 a decision was made, in line with the Brussels agreement, to enable Pristina participation in line with the agreed conditions.
The European Union does not have unified stance when it comes to Kosovo and Metohija and that is why one should not expect a swift reaching of an agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, analyst Branko Rudin told Serbian national broadcaster RTS.
US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott said today that Pristina should revoke the tariffs on goods from Serbia in order to continue negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, adding that the US still recognizes the leadership of the EU in this process, TV Most reported.
Asked if the US would use its influence in order to make Pristina return to the negotiation table, Ambassador Scott noted that the US still recognizes the leadership of the European Union in this process, and it is the most important that all sides return to the negotiations.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was aware of the official Belgrade discontent against the west, due to the fact that neither Berlin nor Paris “pressed” Pristina strongly enough to revoke the tariffs it imposed on the goods from Serbia, Danas daily reports referring to diplomatic sources.
Instead of leading the European Union and clearly voicing their stances, European officials act and speak as they are the spiritual leaders from Tibet, and now they are spiritually opining about the problems of the continent, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said. He added none of them is saying anything concrete on what needs to be done.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told national broadcaster RTS that reaching agreement with Albanians would present a valuable heritage for the future.
Still, he pointed out it is impossible to reach an agreement with Albanians as they say that "we have to recognize Kosovo within current border lines". I had always thought this is the issue that should be resolved solely by the Serbs and Albanians, and we could have succeeded in making a deal if they let us alone, Vucic concluded.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic claims that he will "step down" prior to opposition comes to a chance to get closer, underlying that something like this is hard to happen in a decade, B92 reports
When asked whether he will step down prior to opposition getting closer to him and when something like this will happen, Serbian President responded: "This would mean that I could pursue political career for another ten years, without them getting closer, but I do not intend to do that, it will happen much sooner".
Serbia and Bulgaria have excellent relations while the latest developments and statements are only a temporary misunderstanding, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday commenting on the exchange of statements between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic, BETA news agency reported.
As N1 unofficially learned the Serbian police on the order of prosecutor have arrested on Saturday night a person who threatened Zana Cimili, TV N1 Kosovo correspondent.
The person was apprehended under suspicion of committing a crime defined as 'spreading of religious and national hatred and endangering the safety.'