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Djuric: Pristina is mocking Trump’s requests (Tanjug, RTS)

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric assessed Pristina authorities are mocking requests that USA President Donald Trump put forward in his letter, in which, as Djuric said, he unequivocally requested Pristina to revoke the tariffs, Tanjug news agency reported.

“Trump requested them to refrain from unilateral acts. And what did they do? Nothing. Not only that they did not revoke the tariffs, they also adopted Trepca statute which is a new unilateral attack against the Serbian properties,” Djuric told journalists in Belgrade.

Kenya will not recognize Kosovo (RTS)

Serbian parliamentarians are paying the first official visit to Kenya, since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 56 years ago, RTS reports.

Serbian Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic, who is leading the delegation, started this historic visit by signing a Memorandum on Cooperation between the two parliaments with her Kenyan counterpart Justin Muturi.

Vucic: Extraordinary elections possible (Tanjug, RTS)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the possibility of extraordinary elections, RTS reported, adding he would make a decision on that soon.

He said early elections are possible if the situation regarding Kosovo remains unchanged, respectively if Pristina does not abolish tariffs, so the talks can not continue.

“It is possible, in this case, to go for slightly earlier elections, if such decisions are made, and would they we shall see,” Vucic told journalists after visiting the hospital for children in Belgrade.

The opposite views of the US and Germany over Kosovo (RFE, B92)

Radio Free Europe estimates that Germany and the US have found themselves on the opposite sides when it comes to resolving the Kosovo issue.

The process of seeking a solution to the issue of normalizing relations between Serbia and Kosovo has long been internationalized, but the last year, the US has made a turn, after which seems the view of the Washington administration is considerably different.

Dacic: Trump "interested in solving Kosovo issue" (Tanjug, B92, TV Happy)

The United States, headed by President Donald Trump, is interested in resolving the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said this, B92 reports.

"Trump is interested in resolving the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. Trump needs a foreign policy success, and that would be a permanent solution for Kosovo that cannot be achieved without a solution with Serbia," Dacic told Happy TV.

He added that Trump realized there would be no agreement without Serbia, as have the Albanians, but also some European countries.

Schieb: Pristina to revoke tariffs urgently (FoNet, TV N1)

German Ambassador to Belgrade Thomas Schieb told Serbian Trade and Telecommunications Minister Rasim Ljajic his country pressured Pristina to urgently lift the 100 percent import tariffs on goods from Serbia, FoNet news agency reported.

Schieb added the taxes should be abolished to normalize the trade cooperation in the region and enable the resumption of the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalization of relations, facilitated by the European Union.

Another anti-government protest in Belgrade, this time about Kosovo (N1)

Members and supporters of the nationalist Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and the signatories to the Appeal for Defence of Kosovo and Metohija, Belgrade’s official name for its former province, organised a protest on Monday called “Stop to Treason!” “Kosovo is Serbia,” N1 reported.

DSS does not take part in the protests in Belgrade, but the organisers said their rally was not against them, but that they only added the issue of Kosovo because the Saturdays’ demonstration did not deal with it.

Milivojevic: It is by no coincidence that they call for abolishment of Resolution 1244 (Tanjug, B92)

Diplomat Zoran Milivojevic commenting on letters/congratulations that the USA President Donald Trump has sent to Belgrade and Pristina, said it points out there is no solution to the Kosovo issue without Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported. He also added, support of Washington to Kosovo independence is indisputable.

Dusan Janjic: All leads towards an armed conflict in Kosovo (N1)

Great powers always have plan B, and unless the Belgrade and Pristina agreements come to an end, all leads towards the outbreak of localized armed conflicts in Kosovo, assesses Dusan Janjic from the Forum for Ethnic Relations, visiting regional broadcaster TV N1.

Janjic assesses that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is in a deadlock, and the position means that you can no longer take any move and that you must play something new, "what the Americans would say, something creative."