Belgrade delegation faithful to Resolution on Kosovo

“As for our delegation, we are in for a dialogue and we want to talk, but we cannot go below what the Serbian parliament adopted as the Resolution on Kosovo,” Vulin, who is a member of the Belgrade delegation, told the Belgrade-based daily Danas on Thursday. Vulin believes that there should be no calculations with deadlines in order to reach an agreement. “Sometimes I think that the impression of constant rush is being created in the public on purpose. The problem of KiM has been on for centuries, and we want to resolve this issue once and for all,” Vulin underlined. The eight round of the dialogue in Brussels ended without an agreement on Tuesday evening, and the mediator in the dialogue, Catherine Ashton, said that for her the political dialogue is finished, and that she expects from Belgrade and Pristina to inform her about their decisions. Vulin said that the offer that the Serbian delegation got in Brussels would not make the community of Serb municipalities functional, while at the same time proper solutions for this community have not been presented. When asked to comment on the position of the White House that Kosovo should decide on the manner in which it will introduce the autonomy that Serbs are seeking, and whether such a message can be interpreted as a possibility for changing the format of the talks, Vulin said that the U.S. does not participate in the talks, adding that if it were involved, he is certain that the U.S. would support this exact position. “I understand the U.S., this is a stance of a state that has recognized Kosovo's independence and which acts in line with its decision. However, I am certain that the U.S. understands and appreciates our stance - that we have not recognized Kosovo's independence and that we act like that,” Vulin said.