Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said that only political pressure and decisive reaction of the international community can resolve the issue created by Pristina’s decision to impose 100 percent taxes on the goods from central Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported.

He noted it is logical to expect, the prices in the shops would rise, following Pristina’s measures, but Serbia would do its utmost that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija have the necessary products supplied.

Serbian Minister of Trade and Infrastructure, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV, Serbia came out as a winner “of legitimate political struggle” in Interpol.

He added, Belgrade would continue to request Pristina to abolish additional taxes imposed to the goods from central Serbia.

“Belgrade expects the European Commission to exercise pressure upon Pristina institutions in order to lift taxes increased by 10 percent on Serbian goods,” Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said, KIM Radio reports.

Alternative to it, would be that Kosovo leaves the CEFTA agreement, Ljajic added.

He stressed “it would not be Serbia’s failure, but rather the failure of the European Union, that through the Berlin Process promoted as one of the main goals establishment of a common economic zone in the Western Balkans.”

Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic told Podgorica-based daily Pobjeda that “sustainable and long-term solution” is needed for Kosovo issue.

Serbian Trade and Telecommunication Minster, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV, Serbs in Kosovo should act like Albanians did during the nineties.  

According to him, Serbs should inform all international organizations about what is happening to them, same as Albanians did earlier.

Commenting on the stoning incident in Istok, that took place yesterday, Ljajic said this incident has nothing to do with politics, but with fundamental rights and the security of the people who were targets of attacks just because they belong to different religion.

Serbian Trade and Telecommunication Minister, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV he does not expect Pristina-Belgrade agreement to be reached in the forthcoming months.

Commenting on media reports that USA President Trump praised Serbia and USA under his administration changed the attitude toward Serbia, Ljajic noted that change is evident.

“(…) That stance is reflected in one sentence, try to make an agreement, we have nothing against it, and the final assessment we will give once the agreement is reached,” Ljajic added.

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic told Prva TV the next Vucic-Thaci meeting in Brussels is crucial to resolving the Kosovo issue.

According to Ljajic, after this meeting it would be known if the issue is resolved or it would be yet another failed attempt. He also opined that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci is in a more difficult position than Vucic, since in Kosovo everybody is against the resolution of the Kosovo issue.

The annexation of Serbia’s southern region advocated by Pristina and the ethnic Albanians from the Presevo Valley would be a partition of central Serbia not of Kosovo, Rasim Ljajic, Serbia’s Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, said on Thursday.

Serbian Minister of Trade, Rasim Ljajic told RTS more Serbia postpones solution for the Kosovo issue, every next proposal is getting worse and more radical, adding it is necessary to move the things from a dead end, because of Serbia, its progress and Serbs who live in Kosovo.

Serbia’s Trade Minister Rasim Ljajic denied yesterday Kosovo official's accusations that Belgrade had been “selling or donating” weapons to some countries to withdraw recognitions of Kosovo, saying “we don’t sell the arms for peanuts, let alone giving it as a gift.”