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Albanians from the south of Serbia seek reciprocity with northern Kosovo (Kossev, FoNet, N1)

Representatives of all parties acting among Albanians in Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja and representatives of the non-governmental sector agreed that the Assembly of all Albanian councillors from these three municipalities will meet on July 14th and adopt a statement on political events in the region, the President of the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA), Ragmi Mustafa told news agency FoNet.

On Monday, a commission was formed from representatives of all political parties, which will prepare the statement.

Trajkovic: A vote for demarcation is a vote for the legalization of the border (Kontakt plus radio, FoNet)

Rada Trajkovic told FoNet news agency that the international community makes a precedent because all the administrative borders of the former Yugoslavia have been turned into borders of newly emerged states and indicates that "the border with Montenegro and Macedonia is an essential state border of Serbia, " reported Serbian media.

She told FoNet that this is the level at which demarcations should be worked out and agreed upon.

Rada Trajkovic: I respect Vucic's statement (Danas, FoNet)

Serbian leader from Kosovo and professor of the Medical Faculty in northern Mitrovica, Dr. Rada Trajkovic, told FoNet news agency that she "highly respects" the statement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic about the extent of support she has in Kosovo among Serbs, noting that such statements were given and about the support Oliver Ivanovic had, reports Belgrade based daily Danas.

Ristic and Jaksic were not invited to the meeting (KIM radio, FoNet)

Independent MP in the Serbian Assembly Slavisa Ristic said  that he was not invited to a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the northern part of Mitrovica, reported on Saturday KIM radio.

Ristic, who is also the former Mayor of Zubin Potok, said he believed that, unlike Kosovo deputies from the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the Serbian Assembly, he was not invited because "there were not supposed to be people who tell the truth about what is happening in the north of Kosovo ".

Bajrami: Brussels didn't make effort to clarify things (N1, FoNet)

In Pristina there are more perspectives on the current policy of the Government of Serbia, but the common is "huge suspicion that something essential has changed," says the Chief Editor of the daily Koha Ditore, Agron Bajrami.

In an interview with the FoNet agency, Bajrami explains that there is a belief in Pristina that the Serbian government has continuity in policy towards Kosovo as well as the governments before, because it refuses to recognize Kosovo's independence.

UN chief condemns treatment of refugees at Hungarian border (FoNet, B92, Tanjug, TV Most)

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he was shocked to see how refugees were treated at Hungary's border with Serbia.

Ban "underscored it is not acceptable," according to Tanjug.

He said that refugees and migrants in Europe should be treated with dignity and their human rights respected.

On Wednesday, Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannons at refugees from the Middle East trying to reach Western Europe.

Dacic: We have no request for Thaci’s visit (FoNet)

I do not have any information about the visit of Hashim Thaci to Belgrade and I have learned about it from the media, said Ivica Dacic, Serbian Foreign Minister and added that Serbia has not received any formal request for approval of such a visit.

Dacic told reporters in Belgrade that meeting, as media reports, at which should participate and Hashim Thaci, will not be organized by the state than the non-governmental sector. He also said that he as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia will not participate in it.