Trajkovic: Northern Kosovo Serbs want partition
MP of the United Serbian List in the Kosovo parliament Rada Trajkovic stated that the implementation of the Brussels agreement in northern Kosovo cannot change anything with regard to what Serbs currently have but at this point, there are tendencies to lose the place of safety with the Serbian government.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Sunday, April 28, 2013
"Now we all need to make an effort so as to ensure that the acceptance of the agreement does not stir the population into moving or intimidate the people by some roister in Belgrade and thus drive them to start moving from Kosovo," Trajkovic said in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Politika, adding that afterwards, when the situation has stabilised, the authorities need to invest efforts in the project of return.
She stated that leaders of northern Kosovo Serbs want their strong campaign to contribute to destabilisation of Serbia because they believe a destabilised Serbia will not work on the implementation of the agreement.
"As a result of this, they believe that the status quo would remain in the north. This practically means they are about to set out on a project of partition of Kosovo and prepare for a solution that would essentially be a partition of Kosovo. They are completely disregarding Serbs living to the south of the Ibar River and in my opinion, even the Serbs in central Serbia as a terrible political and economic crisis would hit Serbia," Trajkovic warned.
She explained that through the Brussels agreement, Serbs will get institutions with powers and control rights via the Community of Serb municipalities, and thus avoid discrimination and outvoting in the Kosovo parliament.
Trajkovic noted that unlike Serbs to the south of the Ibar River who were forcefully integrated, nobody called for integration of the Serbs in the north, adding that the Serbs in southern Kosovo won the least through the agreement as the Community of Serb municipalities would primarily gather northern Kosovo municipalities.
She stated that leaders of northern Kosovo Serbs want their strong campaign to contribute to destabilisation of Serbia because they believe a destabilised Serbia will not work on the implementation of the agreement.
"As a result of this, they believe that the status quo would remain in the north. This practically means they are about to set out on a project of partition of Kosovo and prepare for a solution that would essentially be a partition of Kosovo. They are completely disregarding Serbs living to the south of the Ibar River and in my opinion, even the Serbs in central Serbia as a terrible political and economic crisis would hit Serbia," Trajkovic warned.
She explained that through the Brussels agreement, Serbs will get institutions with powers and control rights via the Community of Serb municipalities, and thus avoid discrimination and outvoting in the Kosovo parliament.
Trajkovic noted that unlike Serbs to the south of the Ibar River who were forcefully integrated, nobody called for integration of the Serbs in the north, adding that the Serbs in southern Kosovo won the least through the agreement as the Community of Serb municipalities would primarily gather northern Kosovo municipalities.
