Still no agreement on Kosovo text

There was no agreement on Wednesday in parliament on the wording of a new Kosovo resolution. The consultations on the the document, that should be adopted by parliament, were continued between Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic and representatives of the parliamentary groups. Still no agreement on Kosovo text After the meeting today, it was announced that a new round of consultations was scheduled for next week. G17 Plus deputy whip Vlajko Senic evaluated that Serbia's Kosovo policy should be formulated after the realization of Serbia's initiative before the UN General Assembly. Senic said that there are "too many partisan interests" involved, and that it would good to have the resolution backed by a convincing majority instead of letting it become a new divisive factor among parties. DSS parliamentary group chief Slobodan Aligrudic told reporters in Belgrade today that the draft resolution forwarded on Tuesday is "not good", and explained that it does not include the state's position on EULEX and it is “further removed from the text discussed earlier”. He added that the proposed text may not be subject to corrections and that the draft resolution tabled by 108 parliament members from the SRS, DSS and NS in July might be discussed. SRS whip Dragan Todorovic confirmed that the Radicals and DSS had presented their remarks on the text, adding they had agreed that Kosovo should be a state issue. Todorovic specified that the minister received a recommendation to use the original draft resolution proposed by the SRS, DSS and NS MPs as a basis for a new document, and that Bogdanovic should propose "a new text, acceptable to the majority". Yesterday, Bogdanovic delivered the latest new government proposal of a Kosovo resolution, Beta reported. After brief consultations in parliament on Tuesday, Bogdanovic told reporters that suggestions by opposition parties that international presence in the province "absolutely cannot be acceptable without the consent of the UN Security Council" and Serbia's approval had been incorporated into the new proposal. The document also includes a clause declaring all acts by "the so-called state of Kosovo null, including the constitution," provides for more care for persons expelled from Kosovo, and obliges state agencies to pay more attention to the issue of kidnapped and missing persons, according to the demands of the opposition. The minister concluded that "whether the new resolution on Kosovo and Metohija will be on the agenda at the Sept. 25 parliamentary session would depend on an agreement between caucuses". The government withdrew the first proposal because the opposition did not agree with it.

Still no agreement on Kosovo text

After the meeting today, it was announced that a new round of consultations was scheduled for next week.

G17 Plus deputy whip Vlajko Senić evaluated that Serbia's Kosovo policy should be formulated after the realization of Serbia's initiative before the UN General Assembly.

Senić said that there are "too many partisan interests" involved, and that it would good to have the resolution backed by a convincing majority instead of letting it become a new divisive factor among parties.

DSS parliamentary group chief Slobodan Aligrudić told reporters in Belgrade today that the draft resolution forwarded on Tuesday is "not good", and explained that it does not include the state's position on EULEX and it is “further removed from the text discussed earlier”.

He added that the proposed text may not be subject to corrections and that the draft resolution tabled by 108 parliament members from the SRS, DSS and NS in July might be discussed.

SRS whip Dragan Todorović confirmed that the Radicals and DSS had presented their remarks on the text, adding they had agreed that Kosovo should be a state issue.

Todorović specified that the minister received a recommendation to use the original draft resolution proposed by the SRS, DSS and NS MPs as a basis for a new document, and that Bogdanović should propose "a new text, acceptable to the majority".

Yesterday, Bogdanović delivered the latest new government proposal of a Kosovo resolution, Beta reported.

After brief consultations in parliament on Tuesday, Bogdanović told reporters that suggestions by opposition parties that international presence in the province "absolutely cannot be acceptable without the consent of the UN Security Council" and Serbia's approval had been incorporated into the new proposal.

The document also includes a clause declaring all acts by "the so-called state of Kosovo null, including the constitution," provides for more care for persons expelled from Kosovo, and obliges state agencies to pay more attention to the issue of kidnapped and missing persons, according to the demands of the opposition.

The minister concluded that "whether the new resolution on Kosovo and Metohija will be on the agenda at the Sept. 25 parliamentary session would depend on an agreement between caucuses".

The government withdrew the first proposal because the opposition did not agree with it.