President, PM confer with mayors from north Kosovo

BELGRADE Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic met with representatives of northern Kosovo Serbs on Wednesday. The Kosovo Serbs told the president and the prime minister that they would not accept the agreement on the integrated crossing management. President, PM confer with mayors from north Kosovo Kosovska Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Zvecan and Leposavic Mayors Krstimir Pantic, Slavisa Ristic, Dragisa Milovic and Dragisa Vasic and Belgrade team chief in the technical talks with Pristina Dejan Pavicevic attended the meeting. Ristic said after the meeting that northern Kosovo Serbs could not accept the implementation of the agreement if it meant that a border would be set up with central Serbia. “We have received assurances from the president and prime minister that they will in the continuation of the technical dialogue try to fix the agreement in the sense that Serbs do not have to take Kosovo documents, change their Serbian license plates and pay customs duties to so-called independent Kosovo,” he told reporters after the 45-minute meeting with Nikolic and Dacic. The representatives of the northern Kosovo municipalities noted they would not cause problems when it comes to the implementation of the agreement on the integrated crossings management if the Serbian authorities managed to make certain changes to the agreement in the continuation of the talks. The representatives of the Kosovo Serbs are opposed to the implementation of the agreement with Pristina that the Serbian government is ready to implement. First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that the implementation of the agreement would be hard for Serbia and announced talks with representatives of Kosovo Serbs. There have been several incidents in northern Kosovo in the last several days. Unknown attackers fired shots at firemen in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday and a bomb exploded in the cross-border zone near the Brnjak administrative crossing. Nobody was injured in the incidents. Kosovo Serbs to be delivered technical protocol Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic pledged Wednesday to deliver to the heads of the Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija by December 4 a technical protocol for the implementation of the agreements signed between the Serbian government and the interim administration in Pristina. Nikolic and Dacic made the pledge at a meeting with the presidents of the four Serb municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija - Krstimir Pantic, Slavisa Ristic, Dragisa Milovic and Dragisa Vasic. After studying the technical document, the municipality heads will speak to the citizens in the north of the province about it publicly, the Serbian president's cabinet said in a release. Nikolic said that Serbia would never recognize the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo, but it would do everything in its power to provide the citizens living there with opportunities for a better life in peace and security. Dacic made the northern Kosovo and Metohija Serb representatives acquainted with the process of implementation of the agreements reached with Pristina to date, primarily concerning the integrated management of the administrative crossings and freedom of movement. The heads of the Kosovo and Metohija municipalities demand that the protocol is not drafted in a way that might promote or indicate Kosovo and Metohija independence, according to the release. B92 Tanjug

President, PM confer with mayors from north Kosovo

Kosovska Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Zvečan and Leposavić Mayors Krstimir Pantić, Slaviša Ristić, Dragiša Milović and Dragiša Vasić and Belgrade team chief in the technical talks with Priština Dejan Pavićević attended the meeting.

Ristić said after the meeting that northern Kosovo Serbs could not accept the implementation of the agreement if it meant that a border would be set up with central Serbia.

“We have received assurances from the president and prime minister that they will in the continuation of the technical dialogue try to fix the agreement in the sense that Serbs do not have to take Kosovo documents, change their Serbian license plates and pay customs duties to so-called independent Kosovo,” he told reporters after the 45-minute meeting with Nikolić and Dačić.

The representatives of the northern Kosovo municipalities noted they would not cause problems when it comes to the implementation of the agreement on the integrated crossings management if the Serbian authorities managed to make certain changes to the agreement in the continuation of the talks.

The representatives of the Kosovo Serbs are opposed to the implementation of the agreement with Priština that the Serbian government is ready to implement.

First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said on Tuesday that the implementation of the agreement would be hard for Serbia and announced talks with representatives of Kosovo Serbs.

There have been several incidents in northern Kosovo in the last several days. Unknown attackers fired shots at firemen in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday and a bomb exploded in the cross-border zone near the Brnjak administrative crossing. Nobody was injured in the incidents.

Kosovo Serbs to be delivered technical protocol

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Ivica Dačić pledged Wednesday to deliver to the heads of the Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija by December 4 a technical protocol for the implementation of the agreements signed between the Serbian government and the interim administration in Priština.

Nikolić and Dačić made the pledge at a meeting with the presidents of the four Serb municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija - Krstimir Pantić, Slaviša Ristić, Dragiša Milović and Dragiša Vasić.

After studying the technical document, the municipality heads will speak to the citizens in the north of the province about it publicly, the Serbian president's cabinet said in a release.

Nikolić said that Serbia would never recognize the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo, but it would do everything in its power to provide the citizens living there with opportunities for a better life in peace and security.

Dačić made the northern Kosovo and Metohija Serb representatives acquainted with the process of implementation of the agreements reached with Priština to date, primarily concerning the integrated management of the administrative crossings and freedom of movement.

The heads of the Kosovo and Metohija municipalities demand that the protocol is not drafted in a way that might promote or indicate Kosovo and Metohija independence, according to the release.