“MPs likely to vote on Kosovo resolution on Jan. 11”

BELGRADE A meeting of the Serbian government and president on the preparation of a resolution on Kosovo will probably be held on January 8. This is according to Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic who added that parliament would likely vote on it on January 11. “MPs likely to vote on Kosovo resolution on Jan. 11” “After that session, a resolution will be proposed that will be based on the principles for the resumption of the negotiations with the provisional institutions in Pristina,” Dacic told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) on Friday. “It is necessary for as great a consensus as possible to be reached in the parliament about the document,” he added. "The resolution will deal with the basic principles and starting points that will not go into much details and that concern Serbia's stance that it will not accept the independence of Kosovo," the PM said, adding that now, in the moment when a comprehensive solution to the problem could not be found, the position of the Serbs in Kosovo was very important. He explained that the document would also state that any progress in the dialogue should be accompanied by a progress in European integration and that the Kosovo Serbs should take an active role in the negotiations. Dacic said that the platform on Kosovo had been analyzed and subjected to different opinions, just like it had been planned. “Now these proposals have crystallized, and the document has already been submitted to the facilitator in the dialogue, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton,” he noted. "We shall, therefore, go on with the dialogue," the prime minister said, adding that, as Ashton had announced, the topics would involve the parallelism of institutions in Kosovo and, as Ashton was careful to say, the specific position of the Serbs in Kosovo. "The plan is to talk about these issues until the summer, but I want to say that the next lap time is March, and if we want to progress in European integration, which I am convinced is the only useful thing to do, we will not have enough time in that period to implement what we advocate for, even if someone accepts the territorial autonomy," said Dacic. “It is therefore important for Serbia not to deviate from its starting positions, which will be defined in the resolution, and to make sure to provide the start of EU membership negotiations by the end of June next year,” he pointed out. Tanjug

“MPs likely to vote on Kosovo resolution on Jan. 11”

“After that session, a resolution will be proposed that will be based on the principles for the resumption of the negotiations with the provisional institutions in Priština,” Dačić told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) on Friday.

“It is necessary for as great a consensus as possible to be reached in the parliament about the document,” he added.

"The resolution will deal with the basic principles and starting points that will not go into much details and that concern Serbia's stance that it will not accept the independence of Kosovo," the PM said, adding that now, in the moment when a comprehensive solution to the problem could not be found, the position of the Serbs in Kosovo was very important.

He explained that the document would also state that any progress in the dialogue should be accompanied by a progress in European integration and that the Kosovo Serbs should take an active role in the negotiations.

Dačić said that the platform on Kosovo had been analyzed and subjected to different opinions, just like it had been planned.

“Now these proposals have crystallized, and the document has already been submitted to the facilitator in the dialogue, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton,” he noted.

"We shall, therefore, go on with the dialogue," the prime minister said, adding that, as Ashton had announced, the topics would involve the parallelism of institutions in Kosovo and, as Ashton was careful to say, the specific position of the Serbs in Kosovo.

"The plan is to talk about these issues until the summer, but I want to say that the next lap time is March, and if we want to progress in European integration, which I am convinced is the only useful thing to do, we will not have enough time in that period to implement what we advocate for, even if someone accepts the territorial autonomy," said Dačić.

“It is therefore important for Serbia not to deviate from its starting positions, which will be defined in the resolution, and to make sure to provide the start of EU membership negotiations by the end of June next year,” he pointed out.