Nikolic and Dacic Urge Kosovo Serbs to Make Decision Fast

Nikolic and Dacic Urge Kosovo Serbs to Make Decision on Taking Part in Local Election as Soon as Possible. The President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic talked on Wednesday in Belgrade with representatives of Serbs from the north of Kosovo and urged them to make a decision on whether and how they would take part in the upcoming local election as soon as possible, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reported. Nikolic and Dacic Urge Kosovo Serbs to Make Decision Fast Nikolic said they should not expect from the official Belgrade either support or any encouragement for possible boycott of the election, scheduled on 3 November, Tanjug agency reported. Nikolic also said the time was passing quickly and stressed “we would only dream tomorrow about what we failed to do today”. In the meeting with a delegation of Serbs from the north of Kosovo, Nikolic reiterated that the state would never abandon them and he added that Kosovo Serbs were aware of the situation and that it was important for them that no dilemmas existed for them about the status of neutrality. Representatives of Serbs stressed it was necessary at this moment to preserve at any price the unity of our people who lived in the territory of Kosovo. Advisor to President of Serbia Marko Djuric said that the state would remain by the Serbian people in Kosovo, regardless of the decision they made on participation in the election. “We passed the message that formation of the status-neutral municipalities in Kosovo should be a way in which we would, as a state and a people, fight for our interests”, Djuric said after a three-hour long meeting in the Presidency of Serbia and he added it depended on the steps they would take in the coming days whether they would take advantage of this opportunity and win. President of Serbian National Council, Milan Ivanovic, said that Serbs from the north of Kosovo would make a decision on the election in the next several days. “We heard clear stands of the Serbian state leadership and we concluded we should come up with a definitive stand shortly”, Ivanovic said and added that the election should be discussed with Serbs living in the south of Kosovo, too. The meeting was attended by the director of Office for Kosovo, Aleksandar Vulin, his Deputy, Krstimir Pantic, whereas the delegation of Serbs from the north of Kosovo consisted of the Mayor of Leposavic, Dragisa Vasic, Mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica, Dragisa Vlaskovic, Mayor of Zubin Potok Slavisa Ristic and Mayor of Zvecan, Dragisa Milojevic, the Head of Kosovska Mitrovica District, Radenko Nedeljkovic, as well as of the President of Serbian National Council in the north of Kosovo, Milan Ivanovic. Representative of Kosovo Serbs: Election will take place even without us: “Nikolic and Dacic told us that the election would take place with us or without us”, the mayor of Zvecan Dragisa Milovic said on Wednesday evening, Beta agency reported. “We will pass what we talked about to the municipal assembly members – representatives of the citizens, we will also pass our misgivings and fears, and it is up to the people to decide whether they will go to the polls or not”, Milovic said and stressed that he had already made a decision and he would not take part in the election. He added that several days should pass before the municipal assemblies took a stand on the election. “Everyone alone will have to decide if they will accept the election or not, especially if the Republic of Kosovo is written on the ballot papers”, Milovic said. Beta/file/ B92 RTS

Nikolic and Dacic Urge Kosovo Serbs to Make Decision Fast

Nikolic said they should not expect from the official
Belgrade either support or any encouragement for possible boycott of
the election, scheduled on 3 November, Tanjug agency reported.
Nikolic also said the time was passing quickly and stressed
“we would only dream tomorrow about what we failed to do today”.

In the meeting with a delegation of Serbs from the north of
Kosovo, Nikolic reiterated that the state would never abandon them
and he added that Kosovo Serbs were aware of the situation and that
it was important for them that no dilemmas existed for them about the
status of neutrality.

Representatives of Serbs stressed it was necessary at this
moment to preserve at any price the unity of our people who lived in
the territory of Kosovo.
Advisor to President of Serbia Marko Djuric said that the
state would remain by the Serbian people in Kosovo, regardless of the
decision they made on participation in the election.

“We passed the message that formation of the status-neutral
municipalities in Kosovo should be a way in which we would, as a
state and a people, fight for our interests”, Djuric said after a three-hour
long meeting in the Presidency of Serbia and he added it
depended on the steps they would take in the coming days whether
they would take advantage of this opportunity and win.
President of Serbian National Council, Milan Ivanovic, said
that Serbs from the north of Kosovo would make a decision on the
election in the next several days.

“We heard clear stands of the Serbian state leadership and
we concluded we should come up with a definitive stand shortly”,
Ivanovic said and added that the election should be discussed with
Serbs living in the south of Kosovo, too.

The meeting was attended by the director of Office for
Kosovo, Aleksandar Vulin, his Deputy, Krstimir Pantic, whereas the
delegation of Serbs from the north of Kosovo consisted of the Mayor
of Leposavic, Dragisa Vasic, Mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica, Dragisa
Vlaskovic, Mayor of Zubin Potok Slavisa Ristic and Mayor of Zvecan,
Dragisa Milojevic, the Head of Kosovska Mitrovica District, Radenko
Nedeljkovic, as well as of the President of Serbian National Council
in the north of Kosovo, Milan Ivanovic.

Representative of Kosovo Serbs: Election will take place even
without us: “Nikolic and Dacic told us that the election would take
place with us or without us”, the mayor of Zvecan Dragisa Milovic
said on Wednesday evening, Beta agency reported.
“We will pass what we talked about to the municipal
assembly members – representatives of the citizens, we will also pass
our misgivings and fears, and it is up to the people to decide whether
they will go to the polls or not”, Milovic said and stressed that he
had already made a decision and he would not take part in the election.
He added that several days should pass before the
municipal assemblies took a stand on the election.
“Everyone alone will have to decide if they will accept the
election or not, especially if the Republic of Kosovo is written on the
ballot papers”, Milovic said.