Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, commenting on Ramush Haradinaj’s departure to The Hague yesterday, said he expects nothing but a farce and performance that “KLA protected the people from ‘Serbian aggressor’ and they were very successful”, RTS reports.

Asked if a date for Haradinaj’s departure to The Hague, which coincides with the 20^th anniversary of the unpunished crime against the Serbs in Staro Gracko was intentionally chosen, Vucic responded he thinks Haradinaj is not only connected to that crime but with many other crimes as well.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said that Kosovo Prime Minister in resignation Ramush Haradinaj is not withdrawing, given his recent move. "He made this move in order to eliminate Hashim Thaci and the others on the political scene, and to return as a victim of the Court for the so-called KLA", Dacic told Prva TV.

"This is a tactical move, we will see whether he will be indicted or convicted", Dacic added.

Europe obviously did not manage to ensure implementation of the Brussels agreement, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday, B92 reports.

Dacic added he has signed this agreement and Belgrade still sticks to it; however, Pristina does not think at all to implement it.

Director of the Center for Regionalism, Aleksandar Popov told TV N1 resignation of Ramush Haradinaj could unblock the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, if there are no new elections. But in case he returns from The Hague without indictment, it could reinforce his and the position of his political party. Still, Popov did not exclude the possibility of ‘a political engineering.’

Asked if he considers the Special Court for KLA crimes would manage to safeguard 20 witnesses in the case against Ramush Haradinaj, given it isn’t known what happened with 30 others, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said he does not know if there is this number of alive witnesses, RTS reported.

“I do not know if there is this number of alive witnesses, I do not know what this case is based upon, but in any case, they should pay attention knowing who they have to deal with,” Dacic said.

Coordination of Serb Associations of Missing, Murdered and Killed Persons Families in a statement delivered to the media said tomorrow would be 20 years since the killing of 14 Serb harvesters in the village of Staro Gracko, near Lipljan, Radio KIM reports. They added “the compromise and normalization of relations cannot be established with the truth and the justice.”

The Coordination warned that “no one was held responsible for this and many other crimes committed against the Serbs in an organized and systematic manner by the members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army.”

Resignation of the Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj would have major consequences on Serbia as it would postpone continuation of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue for at least 90 days, or perhaps even longer given that extraordinary parliamentary elections might take place in Kosovo, Belgrade-based daily Danas writes today. The daily added regular elections are to take place in Serbia at the beginning of next year.

Srpska Lista Deputy Chair Igor Simic told RTS the pressure on Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija would continue as parliamentary elections would approach.

Speaking for the RTS news edition, Simic noted arrests of the Serbs represent an attempt to create an artificial balance because the Special Court started summoning former KLA members. He added, Srpska Lista deemed the government in Pristina has fallen a year ago, when a series of acts aiming to intimidate the Serbs has commenced.

It is expected that Ramush Haradinaj's resignation would unblock Belgrade-Pristina negotiations, and the tariffs would be suspended temporarily, Belgrade-based daily Blic reports.

According to the daily, all powerful centers had suggested to Haradinaj to suspend imposed tariffs, and the problem was in the fact that he was an explicit opponent of any border corrections or reaching any compromise between Belgrade and Pristina.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke in a press conference on Saturday regarding Ramush Haradinaj's resignation and its potential implications, B92 reports.

"I understand rejoice, in a way a kind of satisfaction due to the fact that Ramush Haradinaj was summoned by the court. However, there is no reason to get excited about it. We will assess all the facts and consequences of this act, in particular with regards to the relations between Serbs and Albanians, and the attitude of the international community towards Serbia and its people on Kosovo and Metohija," Vucic said.