Belgrade Accuses Pristina of Continuing To Obstruct Creation of Association/Community of Serb-Majority Municipalities

Ivica Dacic (BETAPHOTO/Foreign Ministry/Ognjen Stevanovic)

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on April 4 said that in the process of resolving the Kosovo issue, Belgrade could only implement what it had committed to, and again accused Pristina of planning to obstruct creation of an Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities.  

“[Serbian] President [Aleksandar Vucic] has clearly presented our red lines and that is why he did not want to sign those documents. Orally, he distanced himself from the parts which are contestable for us - independence of Kosovo and membership in the UN,” Dacic told TV Blic. 

Speaking about the French-German plan, Dacic said that those red lines could not be crossed, because they were incorporated in Serbia’s state policy.  

Asked whether this time pressure from the EU, but primarily from the U.S. would play a major role in creation of an Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities, Dacic replied that “it is very positive that it has been clearly stated that it is Pristina’s obligation, to do it immediately.” 

“There is no dilemma there and it will be seen whether Pristina wants to do it or not. We know that Pristina will do everything to obstruct creation of an Association/Community of Serb-majority Municipalities and that leaves a cloud of uncertainty over their good intentions,” Dacic stressed.