PM: Dialogue will help Serbia get EU talks date

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić believes the active role Serbia has in the Belgrade-Priština dialogue will help the country get the EU talks date sooner.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 09.11.2012.

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BELGRADE Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic believes the active role Serbia has in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue will help the country get the EU talks date sooner. “The result of what we are doing is the holding in Brussels today of a meeting between eight EU countries that want Serbia to get a date for negotiations as soon as possible knowing that Serbia deserves it, as it plays an active role in this process,” Dacic told reporters on Thursday. PM: Dialogue will help Serbia get EU talks date Commenting on the agreements reached between Belgrade and Pristina in the previous phase of the dialogue, the prime minister said that they had been reached and signed by the previous government and Serbia could now but implement them. He added that Serbia would respect them as otherwise the only option left would be to stop European integration. Dacic said that agreements could not be denied but only improved, adding as an example the issue of EULEX presence at the administrative crossings in northern Kosovo and the question of income distribution where most of the funds should go to the municipalities in that part of Kosovo. The prime minister also addressed the criticism addressed at him by some Serbian parliament MPs about his having no legitimacy to speak about Kosovo without a government platform on the matter adopted first. “The talks did not touch on any issues that require a state platform such as the question of status. I am aware of today's reactions by certain opposition MPs and I only wish to call on all bodies in authority in this country to make sure everyone is doing their job and everybody worked within their jurisdictions,” stressed the PM. “The job of the Serbian government is to pursue adopted policies,” he added. “The parliament has its own powers and the government has its own, too. The task of the government is to coordinate state policies in cooperation with the parliament and the Serbian president. In this particular case, the state policy has not changed,” the prime minister said. Dacic reiterated that Serbia would not recognize Kosovo's independence under any circumstances, adding that Serbia would not be making any unilateral moves. “Serbia's goal is to do everything to make sure there was no more violence in Kosovo,” he added. The prime minister underscored that Serbia wanted a compromise solution to be reached and that its interest was to protect the Serbs in Kosovo. “Our children and grandchildren do not deserve to have this burden thrown on their shoulders,” concluded Dacic. Ivica Dacic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

PM: Dialogue will help Serbia get EU talks date

Commenting on the agreements reached between Belgrade and Priština in the previous phase of the dialogue, the prime minister said that they had been reached and signed by the previous government and Serbia could now but implement them.

He added that Serbia would respect them as otherwise the only option left would be to stop European integration.

Dačić said that agreements could not be denied but only improved, adding as an example the issue of EULEX presence at the administrative crossings in northern Kosovo and the question of income distribution where most of the funds should go to the municipalities in that part of Kosovo.

The prime minister also addressed the criticism addressed at him by some Serbian parliament MPs about his having no legitimacy to speak about Kosovo without a government platform on the matter adopted first.

“The talks did not touch on any issues that require a state platform such as the question of status. I am aware of today's reactions by certain opposition MPs and I only wish to call on all bodies in authority in this country to make sure everyone is doing their job and everybody worked within their jurisdictions,” stressed the PM.

“The job of the Serbian government is to pursue adopted policies,” he added.

“The parliament has its own powers and the government has its own, too. The task of the government is to coordinate state policies in cooperation with the parliament and the Serbian president. In this particular case, the state policy has not changed,” the prime minister said.

Dačić reiterated that Serbia would not recognize Kosovo's independence under any circumstances, adding that Serbia would not be making any unilateral moves.

“Serbia's goal is to do everything to make sure there was no more violence in Kosovo,” he added.

The prime minister underscored that Serbia wanted a compromise solution to be reached and that its interest was to protect the Serbs in Kosovo.

“Our children and grandchildren do not deserve to have this burden thrown on their shoulders,” concluded Dačić.

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