Commenting the statement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that representatives of the Pristina authorities were waiting for a favourable moment for the attack on northern Kosovo, analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu opined that this announcement serves “for the realization of what was already agreed”, while Aleksandar Stojanovic reminds that even in the past, there were flammable statements.
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said to RTS that representatives of Serbs will invest additional efforts and that further talks are expected to take place today, aimed at finding solution for the wall. Authorities in Pristina announced that they will demolish the support wall in Mitrovica North in the vicinity of the bridge, which is under construction.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanovic, said he will ask NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenerg for NATO and KFOR to do everything in their power to make sure that there are no incidents in the northern part of Kosovo. “I will discuss with him the situation on the ground. NATO and KFOR must do their job and make sure that nothing will happen to us. We will present our concerns to him,” Stojanovic told Radio Television of Serbia. “I hope the international community will do everything to prevent incidents because no one wants chaos”.
NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will visit Kosovo tomorrow. His visit was announced by a KFOR press release. During his visit, Stoltenberg will meet the COMKFOR, Major-Genral Giovanni Fungo.
He will also meet with KFOR troops and the key international representatives in Kosovo.
Independent Liberal Party (SLS) led by Slobodan Petrović and the Alliance of Kosovo Serbs led by the former Mayor of Graçanicë/Gračanica, Bojan Stojanović, signed today a memorandum of integration by which the two parties reunited. These two political options were one political party four years ago, and just before the last Kosovo local elections, Stojanović left the SLS and formed the Alliance of Kosovo Serbs. Memorandum of reunification was signed on 11th anniversary of SLS.
The head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) parliamentary group, Pal Lekaj, has penned an open letter to Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, asking him to provide clarifications over his Deputy Branimir Stojanovic’s trip to Brussels where he is reportedly lobbying against Kosovo Assembly’s law on Trepca mining complex. Lekaj asked Mustafa on whether he is informed about Stojanovic’s trip and on who is funding his lobbying efforts. “Are you informed with your coalition partner’s agenda? Do you oversee where and why your deputies travel”, Lekaj asks.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, warned that the Serb MPs could decide to boycott the work of the Kosovo Assembly. In an urgent meeting of the northern Kosovo’s predominantly Serb municipalities, Stojanovic said the draft law on revitalisation of the Trepca mine is unacceptable and political.
The Government of Kosovo has submitted to the Assembly draft law on Treçpa mining complex. Minister of Economic Development, Blerand Stavileci, said the draft law is aimed at improving the legal infrastructure and enabling investment and revitalization of the Trepça mine. Serb ministers in the Kosovo government voted against the draft bill with the Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović, calling it a result of a political process. Stojanović said the Serb representatives have not taken part in the drafting of the law and that he considers the issue was political and not economic.
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović said today at the government meeting that the Municipality of Pristina threatened Kosovo Serbs by halting the cleaning-up works at the Orthodox Church in the city and called on the government of Kosovo to take a position on the issue. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa however said that the matter should not be politicized.
The Deputy Kosovo Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanović, stated that Kosovo institutions have capitulated in front of violence because they didn’t prevent protests of Kosovo Albanians in the village Mušutište, near the town Suva Reka, despite the presence of special police forces.