Commenting on possible new measures of Pristina, Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications, Rasim Ljajic said the trade is already stopped, and it is about further political radicalization by Pristina, Serbian media report.
“It is difficult to speculate about Pristina’s new measures,” Ljajic said, adding that “Serbia has some information about it,” but he would not comment before seeing what these measures could be.
Tensions have shown how much it is necessary to lift the measures introduced by Pristina in order to create an environment for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue continuation, Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy, Dragan Djukanovic told RTS.
Speaking for the RTS morning news edition, Djukanovic added new measures that Pristina is announcing would completely deter normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations and it seems it is yet another mechanism Ramush Haradinaj and his government are using to slow down or bring the entire process into question.
Kosovo police said on Sunday evening that members of the Union of Women from Belgrade have been returned from Jarinje because one of the main goals of the visit was a protest in North Mitrovica, with an assessment that they are a threat to the Kosovo's order and security, reports Kontakt plus radio.
Police stated in their press release that they arrived by a bus, in a non-scheduled /irregular line, however, reports the Kontakt plus radio, no humanitarian aid was mentioned.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has called on interim Kosovo institutions to "end a trade war" with Belgrade, B92 reports.
Merkel's spokesperson Steffen Seibert said Germany has "zero understanding" for Pristina imposing a 100 percent tax on products from central Serbia.
He also told Bloomberg agency that Germany "would have preferred Serbia to allow Kosovo to join Interpol." "We hope that both sides quickly return to dialogue," Seibert said.
Kosovo independence, respectively recognition or non-recognition of it, is not the main topic of the visit of the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister, Sameh Shoukry to Belgrade, Ivica Dacic told Tanjug news agency.
Relations between the two countries are the main topic of the visit, Dacic added.
Shoukry’s visit to Serbia has no relation to the eventual decision of Egypt to define its relation towards Kosovo, and according to Dacic, this relation, at the moment could be described “as frozen recognition of Kosovo.”
Serbian Prosecution for Organized Crime acted on all Pristina’s requests and interrogated all persons in relation to the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic told Serbian media.
She said Milan Radoicic was also interrogated yesterday in order to cast away any doubt that he has taken part in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic.
USA Embassy in Belgrade said it is concerned over Pristina’s measure to increase taxes on goods from central Serbia by 100 percent, Tanjug news agency reported.
The Embassy added such an act endangers perspective for regional stability and prosperity.
“We are concerned by Pristina’s announcements. Accordingly, the tariffs violate CEFTA obligations and endanger perspectives for long-term regional stability and prosperity,” the Embassy told Tanjug news agency.
It is assumed that French President Emmanuel Macron could support the idea of "border correction" which should resolve the Belgrade-Pristina dispute.
This is reported on Monday by the French radio RFI, which states that the idea is to "encourage Belgrade to recognize the independence of Kosovo."
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Belgrade with US Ambassador Kyle Scott.
They discussed bilateral relations, economic cooperation and the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Tanjug said, citing a press release from the president's office.
Vucic informed Scott that, by introducing taxes on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Pristina had violated the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).
Brussels has sent Vucic via diplomatic channels "an indecent proposal," i.e., blackmail: continue the dialogue with Pristina in exchange for new chapters, however Belgrade will not accept it, Belgrade-based media report.
As the Belgrade media further reported, Brussels diplomatic channels put pressure on Belgrade in order to make it play "by the rules dictated by Pristina". Serbia and President Vucic are asked to return to the dialogue, despite Pristina's failure to fulfill any of its obligations under the Brussels agreement.