‘Hot potato’ in the hands of Serbian representatives in the Kosovo government will undoubtedly be forming of the so-called Army of Kosovo, the issue posed by their coalition partners Isa Mustafa and Hashim Thaci. According to Branimir Stojanovic, Deputy Prime Minister of the provisional institutions, the address on which will be discussed the issue is - Brussels.
It is time that we say what Serbia thinks is the lowest it can go in terms of a solution for Kosovo-Metohija, and the final decision needs to be made by the people in a referendum, says Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.
Proposal for the solution of K&M status will be a joint project between the Government and the President of Serbia. The document is already roughly drafted and daily consultations between Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic began, learned Novosti.
In 2015, Serbian officials will travel to Pristina and meet with representatives of the Kosovo provisional institutions, but Belgrade officials claim that these will not be bilateral meetings.
Despite the fact that the newly elected Kosovo Foreign Minister, Hashim Thaci, said that he had already invited both Serbia’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to visit Kosovo, and that there is willingness for this to happen, a necessary condition would be for the meetings to adopt a status-neutral format.
In the coming weeks, Pristina with the support of Brussels will boost pressure on Belgrade, and Serbs in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, to remove the “Peace Park” from the bridge over the Ibar River in Kosovska Mitrovica.
In addition to Nenad Rasic from the PDS, Vladeta Kostic has submitted candidacy for mayor of Gracanica, in front of the CI Srpska and Dragisa Miric from the New Party of Kosovo.
Progressive Democratic Party candidate in the elections for mayor of Gracanica, Nenad Rasic stated that the elections for mayor of Gracanica would decide a lot, but he was confident he would win in the first round of local elections.
The dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia will resume with the meeting between Isa Mustafa, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, and Aleksandar Vucic, the Prime Minister of Serbia, in Brussels on 8-9 February. The establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities is expected to be the main topic of the meeting. According to Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti, the two prime ministers will also discuss the properties of Serbs in Kosovo, creation of conditions for IDP returns and the judiciary.
In parallel with implementation of the Brussels Agreement, Serbia will next year propose its solution for the final status of Kosovo and Metohija. President Tomislav Nikolic will soon present the new plan, and then the Government and the National Assembly should correct it and finalize.
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission is asking Serbia to harmonize its foreign policy - "a possible hint of pressure on us to impose sanctions on Russia," writes a daily.
Apart from the Ukraine crisis, Belgrade is also expected to align its policy with that of the EU on Iraq and Syria, the Vecernje Novosti newspaper writes.
The European Commission will present a specific demand to this end, the article adds, and interprets this as "possibly meaning there will be increased pressure on Belgrade to impose sanctions on Russia."
The Constitutional Court rejected the proposal, submitted by Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), for the evaluation of the constitutionality and legality of the Brussels Agreement. In such a way the Court declared itself incompetent for this issue.