US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee is in a two-day visit to Kosovo.
During the first day of his visit, Hoyt Brian Yee met with the President of the Assembly of Kosovo Kadri Veseli, Minister for dialogue Edita Tahiri, as well as with representatives of Serbs in Kosovo institutions - Branimir Stojanović and Slavko Simić.
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic says that he sees no problem for holding elections in Kosovo for the President of Serbia, and told reporters that he expects that they will be held, unless someone in Pristina "from strange, their own ideas, decides otherwise."
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo Zahir Tanin discussed the current political situation, program of the platform Our Plan and the development of new initiatives, announced the office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The meeting also discussed the coordination and future cooperation between the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister and UNMIK.
Representatives of the Serbs in Kosovo assess that the decision of the Kosovo government to halt the dialogue with Belgrade until Haradinaj’s release represented an attempt to pressure the EU. The Serbs' representatives have supported all the views of the Council for the National Security, and reiterate they would continue the policy in line with the current policy of Belgrade.
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said that a legitimate reason for the return of Serbs to Kosovo institutions would be a clear will to begin with the formation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO), as agreed in Brussels.
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said that representatives of Serbs will not return to the Kosovo institutions while coalition agreement is not respected and until Pristina does not show a clear desire for the formation of the Association/Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO).
Serb representatives in the Kosovo institutions, Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović, Minister for Local Government Ljubomir Maric and Director of the Office of Community Affairs Ivan Tomić met the Foreign Minister of Hungary Péter Szijjártó and the Hungarian Ambassador László Márkusz. and informed about the political situation in Kosovo.
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović says that they will seek the implementation of the agreement on the Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) and in the future, while adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Azem Vllasi says that boycott of the Serb representatives does not benefit the Serbian community, these positions could be heard at the show ''Poglavlje,'' on a TV channel RTK2.
Kadri Veseli and Ramush Haradinaj insist the most on the elections, suspected to be among the first against whom will be launched court proceedings in The Hague, writes daily Politika.
Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović told Tanjug that it is quite clear that there is no political will of Pristina to implement within a reasonable time fully what has been agreed, and that there are no decisions, especially when it comes to the formation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (ZSO).