We could survive without Kosovo, IM says

Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has stated that Serbia would not breakdown without Kosovo. When asked what was more important, the EU or Kosovo, he said that Serbia was most important. We could survive without Kosovo, IM says “We are going to the EU because of Serbia and only if it is in our interest. Serbia will not be destroyed if it loses Kosovo. That happened in the Serbian history before, that fanaticism about being in love with Europe or masochism that we cannot live without Kosovo or the Republic of Srpska,” he told daily Kurir. The deputy PM and interior minister assessed that it was necessary to have demarcation in Kosovo and that the international community needed to accept that Serbs did not want to live in the “independent state of Kosovo”, just like Serbia was forced to accept that the Albanians did not want to live in Serbia. “If we reach a deal on a fair demarcation it would be completely logical to have a complete normalization after that. If we continue to live in myths, we will end up without anything,” Dacic was quoted as saying. When asked what could be the solution, he said: “My message is – let’s be skilful and decide which god we want to pray to. There’s no use kneeling down in front of everyone, you should decide which god you pray to. The policy of kneeling down in front of everyone can only lead to a paralysis,” he said adding that “god was a bit to the west from Brussels, across the ocean”. When asked whether the EU had impossible requests, the deputy PM said: “They asked me to stop issuing Serbian license plates to citizen in Kosovo. I immediately told (EU facilitator Robert) Cooper in Brussels that I did not accept that”. Commenting on parliamentary elections in 2012, he said that his Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) would win more than 10 percent of the votes, with or without Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) and that the future government could not be formed without the Socialists. Ivica Dacic (Tanjug, file) Beta kurir-info.rs

We could survive without Kosovo, IM says

“We are going to the EU because of Serbia and only if it is in our interest. Serbia will not be destroyed if it loses Kosovo. That happened in the Serbian history before, that fanaticism about being in love with Europe or masochism that we cannot live without Kosovo or the Republic of Srpska,” he told daily Kurir.

The deputy PM and interior minister assessed that it was necessary to have demarcation in Kosovo and that the international community needed to accept that Serbs did not want to live in the “independent state of Kosovo”, just like Serbia was forced to accept that the Albanians did not want to live in Serbia.

“If we reach a deal on a fair demarcation it would be completely logical to have a complete normalization after that. If we continue to live in myths, we will end up without anything,” Dačić was quoted as saying.

When asked what could be the solution, he said:

“My message is – let’s be skilful and decide which god we want to pray to. There’s no use kneeling down in front of everyone, you should decide which god you pray to. The policy of kneeling down in front of everyone can only lead to a paralysis,” he said adding that “god was a bit to the west from Brussels, across the ocean”.

When asked whether the EU had impossible requests, the deputy PM said: “They asked me to stop issuing Serbian license plates to citizen in Kosovo. I immediately told (EU facilitator Robert) Cooper in Brussels that I did not accept that”.

Commenting on parliamentary elections in 2012, he said that his Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) would win more than 10 percent of the votes, with or without Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) and that the future government could not be formed without the Socialists.