The leader of a Roma political party has called Serbia’s top officials to include the interests of the Roma national minority in the negotiations on Kosovo.

Roma Party leader Srdjan Sajn released an open letter prior to Monday’s parliament debate on Kosovo to President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and the heads of all parliament groups recalling that more than 100,000 Roma fled Kosovo.

“The Roma refugees share the same fate as other displaced persons. Since there are no representatives of the Roma national minority in the Serbian parliament, we are asking all the participants in the debate and the president to take into account all citizens, including Roma when they take a stand on the future Belgrade-Pristina negotiations,” the letter said.