Srpska Lista voiced criticism yesterday over Serb National Forum stances claiming Srpska Lista has no right to present its own stances as stances of the Serb population, since it did not get support to betray Kosovo, Vecernje Novosti daily reported.
Serb National Forum (SNF) said yesterday it disagrees with the statement of Srpska Lista (SL) that “majority stance” of the Serb population in Kosovo and Metohija is to support any solution Belgrade proposes for the Kosovo issue, Danas daily reported.
Serbia as a secular state recognizes seven traditional religious communities, while 28 religious communities are active there and is fully committed to providing enjoyment of this human right in all spheres of life, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said at the Washington Ministerial Conference on Religious Freedom.
USA administration is ready to offer support to Serbia in finding a compromise solution for Kosovo issue, and that is very positive for Serbia at this moment, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told Tanjug news agency.
Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo does not ask for financial help from the Kosovo Government, but to pay the rent for using the premise owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Pristina, where Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency is seated, Abbot of Visoki Decani Monastery Father Sava Janjic told Radio Free Europe.
Serbia’s proposal to normalize ties with Kosovo may include some form of partition along ethnic lines to try to halt an outflow of Serbs from areas dominated by ethnic Albanians, President Aleksandar Vucic said.
Kosovo prosecutors are discussing amending the criminal procedure code so that they could try war crimes suspects in absentia, as an extradition deal with Serbia seems unlikely.
Serbian Minister of Trade, Rasim Ljajic told RTS more Serbia postpones solution for the Kosovo issue, every next proposal is getting worse and more radical, adding it is necessary to move the things from a dead end, because of Serbia, its progress and Serbs who live in Kosovo.
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met in Washington Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell and confirmed mutual readiness to strengthen bilateral relations, Tanjug news agency reported.
Both interlocutors noted readiness to jointly work on a regional stability, and the need to find a compromise solution for the Kosovo issue, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a press statement.