Serbian institutions are legitimate - K. Albanian official

Kosovo does not have institutions in the north so the Serbian authorities, that we call parallel, are legitimate, says Kosovo president’s advisor Ramush Tahiri.

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Friday, 05.10.2012.

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PRISTINA Kosovo does not have institutions in the north so the Serbian authorities, that we call parallel, are legitimate, says Kosovo president’s advisor Ramush Tahiri. Tahiri said that the Serbian institutions were legitimate because they had been elected by the local people. Serbian institutions are legitimate - K. Albanian official He told Radio KiM that the Serbian structures in northern Kosovo were the only true ones, regardless of the fact they were against Kosovo's Constitution. Tahiri said without these structures there would be anarchy in northern Kosovo and that “is why there must be communication with these people who have legitimacy, because they were elected by the people”. He added it was necessary to start talks with representatives of the Serbs in northern Kosovo as soon as possible, which have long been delayed on account of prejudice on both sides. Tahiri said representatives of Kosovo institutions sometimes had informal talks with Serbs from the north but that Serbia needed to support these talks because problems could not be put off indefinitely. “We need Serbia's support in this because I do not see any solution other than talks with the Serb leaders from the four municipalities in the north,” said the advisor. According to him, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga still has not decided whether she will head Pristina's delegation when the dialogue with Belgrade resumes because this depends on what EU mediators will ask for and at what level the talks would take place. “The mediators want to start talks at a high political level, but a concrete dialogue will continue at the level of ministries or the government, because the presidents of the two countries lack the capacity to lead a concrete dialogue on all issues,” explained Tahiri. Serbs form a majority population north of the Ibar River and reject both the authority of the government in Pristina, and the ethnic Albanian unilateral declaration of independence, made in early 2008. Tanjug

Serbian institutions are legitimate - K. Albanian official

He told Radio KiM that the Serbian structures in northern Kosovo were the only true ones, regardless of the fact they were against Kosovo's Constitution.

Tahiri said without these structures there would be anarchy in northern Kosovo and that “is why there must be communication with these people who have legitimacy, because they were elected by the people”.

He added it was necessary to start talks with representatives of the Serbs in northern Kosovo as soon as possible, which have long been delayed on account of prejudice on both sides.

Tahiri said representatives of Kosovo institutions sometimes had informal talks with Serbs from the north but that Serbia needed to support these talks because problems could not be put off indefinitely.

“We need Serbia's support in this because I do not see any solution other than talks with the Serb leaders from the four municipalities in the north,” said the advisor.

According to him, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga still has not decided whether she will head Priština's delegation when the dialogue with Belgrade resumes because this depends on what EU mediators will ask for and at what level the talks would take place.

“The mediators want to start talks at a high political level, but a concrete dialogue will continue at the level of ministries or the government, because the presidents of the two countries lack the capacity to lead a concrete dialogue on all issues,” explained Tahiri.

Serbs form a majority population north of the Ibar River and reject both the authority of the government in Priština, and the ethnic Albanian unilateral declaration of independence, made in early 2008.

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