Former Director of Trepca Complex Novak Bjelic said that Belgrade must not accept talks about Trepca with Pristina authorities, because, as he said, “it is a done deal”. "Trepca is a stock company, not a property of the state," said Bjelić adding that if the UNSC Resolution 1244 continues to be respected, Trepca cannot belong to Kosovo.
The Director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, Dušan Janjić, assessed that it is quite clear, following the reasoning of the ruling in lawsuits for genocide of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (against Serbia), that eventual lawsuit of Kosovo could not pass.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report on Kosovo that after the constitution of the government and Parliament should be established a special court for war crimes in Kosovo. "I call on political leaders from Kosovo to double the efforts and strengthen the broad public understanding and consensus on this issue, considering its importance for the future of Kosovo," reads the report.
Serbian politician from Kosovo, Rada Trajkovic and political analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu agree that Minister Jablanović with his statement showed political immaturity. They believe that it would be much better if he would resign, because the ministry will not be functional.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Kosovo, Farid Zarif, commended proportionate response of the police during yesterday unrest in Pristina, and said that democratic rights are not exercised through violence.
UNMIK expressed concern by the recent events in Pristina city centre. Such acts have nothing to do with the exercise of the democratic right to express legitimate grievances, stated UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, stated yesterday that demonstrations in Pristina went out of the opposition’s original demands for resignation of the Minister for Communities and Return, Aleksandar Jablanovic, and transformation of Trepca into u public company, and assessed that it was about a political protest with the request for resignation of the government and an effort to topple the authorities with the use of force.
I sincerely hope that the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Branimir Stojanovic, will persevere in his efforts to, through legal mechanisms, the competent authorities detect and sanction the attackers. He has unequivocal support in that and of our house.
Branimir Stojanovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, said today during a meeting with some journalists, who were attacked on Saturday during a protest in Pristina, that he will do everything through legal mechanisms to stop these attacks on journalists.
The Journalist’s Association of Serbia (UNS) and the Association of Journalists of K&M (DNKiM) are requesting resignation of the management of RTK 2 because of reporting during the Saturday’s protests in Pristina, the politicization of the profession, uncritical attitude towards the Kosovo authorities, the relation towards the profession and their reporters in the field. &nbs
Civic Initiative Srpska (CI Srpska) most sharply condemned the attack on the RTK2 Serbian journalists’ crew, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Bojan Kosanin, and RTS cameraman Vladimir Milic, during yesterday’s protests in Pristina.
“Threats and attacks on journalists prove to which extent media freedom is jeopardized in Kosovo despite all efforts invested by Serbs in building the trust and coexistence,” communicated CI Srpska.