The biggest problem for the security of Serbs is that the current Albanian political representatives do not want their return to Metohija, told Vesti Aleksandar Jablanović, founder of the Serbian list and the former minister for return in the Kosovo government.
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The protection of returnees is a challenge for the Serbian representatives in the Kosovo government, who formed the inter-ministerial working group that should take care about the returnees. The favorable political climate is necessary for the safety of returnees, was indicated in the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija.
The Serbian List MPs visited the municipality of Istok/Istog where they met with local representatives and the return officer Vesna Maliković.
As announced by the Serbian List, usurpation of land and unemployment are the biggest problems faced by Serbs living in this municipality.
Minister for Communities and Returns in the Kosovo government, Dalibor Jevtić talked in Kosovo Polje/Fushë Kosovë with the Minister for Human and Minority Rights in the Government of Montenegro, Sead Numanović.
Jevtić said that issues related to the process of return of displaced persons from Montenegro to Kosovo were discussed, and in general solutions to the problems of internally displaced people and respect of their rights.
Kosovo Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtić met today with the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro Boris Marić and informed him about the activities carried out by the Ministry when it comes to the return of displaced persons from Montenegro to Kosovo. He stressed the importance of the practical solving of the problems related to the return from Montenegro to Kosovo.
Dalibor Jevtić, Minister for Communities and Return, visited the municipality of Vitina/Viti and said it was very important that the Serbs return to the village of Podgorce.
Kosovo Ministry for Communities and Return each day receives complaints related to property rights of the displaced persons. However, Ministry is not able to solve these problems, because it is not in its mandate, said Minister Dalibor Jevtic to the representatives of the delegation of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM). At a meeting with representatives of BPRM, Minister for Return stressed that it is very important that the law on property rights is well defined.
Minister of Communities and Returns in Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic met with Head of the Cooperation section of the EU Office in Kosovo Christof Stock. At the meeting which was held in the Ministry, the topics of further cooperation in operational terms with special emphasis on projects "PRK 4" and "CSP" were discussed, which the Ministry successfully implemented in cooperation with the European Union.
Last year, 122 houses for returnees were built over a period of 170 days - a statement made today at a meeting of the Steering Committee that took place at the Kosovo Ministry for Returns. Minister Dalibor Jevtic, representatives of the EU Office, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR participated in the meeting. The annual report on the progress in the return process was presented at the meeting.
The Kosovo Minister for Returns and Communities Dalibor Jevtic met the US Ambassador Greg Delawie yesterday in Pristina to discuss the current political situation as well as the return and the rights of communities in Kosovo. In the meeting, Ambassador Delawie expressed the US support for the return of the members of communities to Kosovo.