Protest against Brussels deal to be staged in Belgrade
Opponents of the Brussels agreement on the principles of normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations signed by Serbian and Kosovo prime ministers on April 19 will hold a protest in Belgrade's Republic Square on Friday.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Friday, May 10, 2013
The rally will start at 12:44 CET, which symbolizes UNSC Resolution 1244, according to which Kosovo is a province of the Republic of Serbia whose level of autonomy should be subsequently determined through negotiations.
The Resolution was adopted after NATO's bombardment of Serbia and the signing of the Kumanovo Agreement. In June 1999, international troops entered KiM and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) was established.
One of the leaders of Serbs from northern Kosovo and councilor of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Marko Jaksic, said Thursday that the protest rally in Belgrade will be nonpartisan and that the Serbs from the province are expected to attend.
According to him, one mayor from northern Kosovo and one from southern KiM will address the participants, as well as a representative of students from the Pristina University headquartered in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Kosovo Serbs oppose the implementation of the agreement with Pristina, claiming that it violates the Constitution and the laws of Serbia and abolishes the country's institutions.
They refuse to be integrated into the institutions of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo, whose independence is not recognized by Serbia either.
The Resolution was adopted after NATO's bombardment of Serbia and the signing of the Kumanovo Agreement. In June 1999, international troops entered KiM and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) was established.
One of the leaders of Serbs from northern Kosovo and councilor of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Marko Jaksic, said Thursday that the protest rally in Belgrade will be nonpartisan and that the Serbs from the province are expected to attend.
According to him, one mayor from northern Kosovo and one from southern KiM will address the participants, as well as a representative of students from the Pristina University headquartered in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Kosovo Serbs oppose the implementation of the agreement with Pristina, claiming that it violates the Constitution and the laws of Serbia and abolishes the country's institutions.
They refuse to be integrated into the institutions of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo, whose independence is not recognized by Serbia either.
