Agreement initialed, Serbia's demands accepted
Serbia's Prime Minister Ivica Dacic has initialed a proposed agreement with Pristina which includes Serbia's demands, and Brussels will be informed of Belgrade's response on Monday.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Friday, April 19, 2013
The prime minister said this is the best offer Belgrade has received, adding that article nine, related to the police and the appointment of a regional commander, has remained in the agreement, while article 14 has been amended to remove the statement that Serbia must not block Kosovo in international organizations. The article now only states that Serbia must not stand in the way of Kosovo's European integration process.
Dacic told reporters in Brussels that he did not sign the agreement but just initialed it, and that it is "a proposal which both sides will accept or reject in the coming days."
"Our institutions will decide in the next few days whether we will accept or reject it," said Dacic, specifying that Belgrade will deliver a written response to EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on Monday.
"I am grateful to Ashton, (Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister) Aleksandar Vucic and the other members of the delegation. After meetings of the main committee of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and the leadership of other parties, the Serbian government will have a united stance on this issue. There must be no divisions in this matter. Either we will unilaterally accept it or we will unilaterally reject it," said Dacic, who showed the reporters the initialed agreement.
Dacic told reporters in Brussels that he did not sign the agreement but just initialed it, and that it is "a proposal which both sides will accept or reject in the coming days."
"Our institutions will decide in the next few days whether we will accept or reject it," said Dacic, specifying that Belgrade will deliver a written response to EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on Monday.
"I am grateful to Ashton, (Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister) Aleksandar Vucic and the other members of the delegation. After meetings of the main committee of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and the leadership of other parties, the Serbian government will have a united stance on this issue. There must be no divisions in this matter. Either we will unilaterally accept it or we will unilaterally reject it," said Dacic, who showed the reporters the initialed agreement.
