Belgrade and Pristina technical teams headed by Marko Djuric and Avni Arifi, divided into working groups disused yesterday in Brussels implementation of the agreement on integrated border management, Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Deputy Director, Dusan Kozarev told Tanjug news agency nothing would change in land and mobile telephony for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, adding that Pristina’s claims on cancellation of +381 dialling code are untrue.
“As usual, Pristina intentionally attempts to create confusion and uneasiness among the Serb population in the province by voicing wrong interpretation of the agreement on telecommunication,” Kozarev said.
Works continue near the main Ibar Bridge in the northern part of Mitrovica, reports Kontakt plus radio.
The old asphalt in the Kolasinska street, near the Ibar Bridge, is removed with the help of heavy construction machines, at the spot planned for the construction of a roundabout, reports the radio.
The Ibar Bridge is still open only for pedestrians.
If Pristina is not able to apply the agreement on the establishment of the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), then the Serbian List should withdraw the support to the government and to overthrow it, says Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
Ivica Dacic says he, bearing in mind his experience, believes that a part of the international community and Albanians from Kosovo are lying to President Vucic, reports B92 portal, quoting Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
The First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister told RTS that the Albanians do not want compromise, but only recognition (of Kosovo). "There is no blackmail that can force Serbia to recognize an independent Kosovo," he said.
In the North of Kosovo, the implementation of license plate agreements, reached in Brussels within the framework of the agreement on freedom of movement, should begin soon, Serbian media reports in Kosovo.
The Ministry of the Interior of Kosovo states that in the coming weeks or months, when crossing to central Serbia, the use of stickers over the ''RKS'' registration marks will begin.
Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic said tonight that he was ready to withdraw his signature from the Brussels agreement unless the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo was formed.
"I signed the Brussels agreement. We would never have signed it, if it didn't have the main thing in it, the ZSO. If five years have passed since the signing and there is nothing, I ask why then the negotiations," Dacic told TV Happy.
The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continuation, scheduled for Tuesday, 16 January 2018 in Brussels, is expected, as without dialogue there is no future for the entire region, Serbia and Kosovo Albanians, Tanjug news agency reported on Sunday.
Continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue at the highest level is not on the sight, even in January, Vecerenje Novosti reported, although the daily unofficially learnt that Federica Mogherini’s cabinet is trying to schedule a new round of dialogue by the end of January next year.
According to the Serbian daily, the main obstacle for continuation of a dialogue is persistence of Pristina to involve USA in it, a move that was not met with approval in Brussels.
An interview with Nikola Kabasic, the president of the newly integrated Basic Court in Mitrovica, about the challenges of consolidating Kosovo’s justice system.
The Basic Court in Mitrovica — which integrates the north and the south of the town — started work on November 1, 2017. Nikola Kabasic, the president of this court, was among the Serb judges who were sworn in by the Kosovo President on October 24 as part of the Brussels-facilitated dialogue agreement to get rid of Serbia’s parallel institutions and unify the legal system throughout Kosovo.