Dacic: Pressures no use any more, no room left

We have reached the point where we have to conduct open talks with European partners as to the issue of Serbia's further European integration and matters already discussed in the dialogue, and this is the basic reason for the visit of Serbia's top officials to Brussels so as to show the government's unity, Dacic said. When you exert intense pressure, a breakdown may occur, Dacic said. There is no room left, what we proposed was done sincerely and Serbia cannot offer anything beyond that, he said and noted that the powers (for Serb municipalities) are crucial. The Serbian prime minister stated that Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and he himself voiced clear stands concerning this point, and underscored that if there is will for the dialogue to lead to a sustainable solution for the problem of parallel institutions, then it needs to be the result of a political agreement and not implementation of Kosovo laws and constitution. If the implementation of Kosovo laws could be the solution, then the talks would not be necessary, Dacic said. If there is good will, and if Serbia and Kosovo Serbs want to resolve the problem by setting up an association of municipalities together with executive powers and not just formal capacities, then we are willing to make a compromise, Dacic said. He added that the standard framework in the Kosovo issue was abandoned a long time ago, and added that the current situation is illegal from the standpoint of international law. The prime minister told reporters that Serbia will not change its stands for the sake of the date of EU accession talks. Dacic said that the current situation needs to be accepted - Belgrade has no authority over a part of the territory and Pristina is not controlling a part of the territory it considers its own. Photo Tanjug, R. Prelic Kosovo facts have to be accepted Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic Friday pointed to the need of accepting the facts that Belgrade has no power over a large part of the Kosovo territory and also that Pristina is not controlling a part of the territory it considers to be its own. “I told (Kosovo Prime Minister Hasim) Taci that he can only come to the (Kosovo) north with guns and that, if he is unable to realize that this would lead to regional instability, we have a great problem,” Dacic said while commenting on the sixth round of political talks between Belgrade and Pristina held in Brussels recently. Belgrade is ready to resolve the issue of parallel institutions in the north of Kosovo, Dacic said, stressing that he believes the proposal by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to form an association of Serb municipalities is really quite an appropriate one.