Dačić explains turning back of Priština minister

Interior Minister Ivica Dacic says that "any individual can travel from Kosovo to central Serbia as a citizen granted they provide the necessary documents". But they cannot cross the administrative line as politicians, said he, and added this was based on an agreement on freedom of movement "adopted in Brussels". Dacic explains turning back of Pristina minister The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has not been informed about the visit of Ibrahim Makolli, Dacic stated attending the Christmas reception in the SPC Patriarchy in Belgrade on Thursday, and recalled that "anyone can come to central Serbia as a citizen but not as 'minister for the diaspora'." Mikolli serves in this capacity in the Kosovo Albanian government in Pristina. He was headed for the region in southern Serbia inhabited by ethnic Albanians, but was turned back from the administrative line on Thursday. Dacic today underscored that the Serbian MUP needs to respect all agreements Belgrade and Pristina reached in Brussels, but the municipality of Bujanovac has no authority to invite politicians over and the procedure needs to be respected. In a statement for reporters, Dacic mentioned the recent visit of Serbian President Boris Tadic and Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic to the Decani Monastery, and underscored that "nobody condemned the attack on a line of vehicles including the cars of the president and the minister, or the attack on the bus transporting Serbs". Last weekend, members of the radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement attacked the vehicles transporting the president and the minister. Ibrahim Makolli announced on Wednesday that he would visit municipalities Bujanovac and Presevo. On Thursday, he not allowed entry at the Konculj checkpoint on the administrative line between Kosovo and central Serbia. Dacic is seen in Belgrade on Thursday (Tanjug) Tanjug

Dačić explains turning back of Priština minister

The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has not been informed about the visit of Ibrahim Makolli, Dačić stated attending the Christmas reception in the SPC Patriarchy in Belgrade on Thursday, and recalled that "anyone can come to central Serbia as a citizen but not as 'minister for the diaspora'."

Mikolli serves in this capacity in the Kosovo Albanian government in Priština. He was headed for the region in southern Serbia inhabited by ethnic Albanians, but was turned back from the administrative line on Thursday.

Dačić today underscored that the Serbian MUP needs to respect all agreements Belgrade and Priština reached in Brussels, but the municipality of Bujanovac has no authority to invite politicians over and the procedure needs to be respected.

In a statement for reporters, Dačić mentioned the recent visit of Serbian President Boris Tadić and Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanović to the Dečani Monastery, and underscored that "nobody condemned the attack on a line of vehicles including the cars of the president and the minister, or the attack on the bus transporting Serbs".

Last weekend, members of the radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement attacked the vehicles transporting the president and the minister.

Ibrahim Makolli announced on Wednesday that he would visit municipalities Bujanovac and Preševo. On Thursday, he not allowed entry at the Končulj checkpoint on the administrative line between Kosovo and central Serbia.