Brussels meeting saw "no willingness to discuss status"

BELGRADE Oliver Ivanovic commented on the meeting between Tomislav Nikolic and Atifeta Jahjaga to say that it "showed no side was willing to discuss Kosovo's status". "The meeting did not have much of a purpose, except as symbolic support for dialogue as the way to settle issues," Serbia's former state secretary for Kosovo told Tanjug, and added: Brussels meeting saw "no willingness to discuss status" "It does not mean that the great and greatest issues, like Kosovo's status, have been forgotten, but they should not be stressed now, since neither side is prepared to discuss the status." "The topic will be on the agenda later, probably during a different generation of politicians, once Serbia is very close to the EU or within the EU," Ivanovic pointed out, stressing that Jahjaga's appointment by the assembly in Pristina by a small margin "showed that her political role and significance were small". "In such situations, those with weak support tend to present themselves publicly as hard nationalists," he remarked. "That is why Jahjaga keeps insisting on Kosovo's independence, even though, as an educated woman, she understands nothing will come of it until Serbia accepts it," Ivanovic underlined. (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Brussels meeting saw "no willingness to discuss status"

"It does not mean that the great and greatest issues, like Kosovo's status, have been forgotten, but they should not be stressed now, since neither side is prepared to discuss the status."

"The topic will be on the agenda later, probably during a different generation of politicians, once Serbia is very close to the EU or within the EU," Ivanović pointed out, stressing that Jahjaga's appointment by the assembly in Priština by a small margin "showed that her political role and significance were small".

"In such situations, those with weak support tend to present themselves publicly as hard nationalists," he remarked.

"That is why Jahjaga keeps insisting on Kosovo's independence, even though, as an educated woman, she understands nothing will come of it until Serbia accepts it," Ivanović underlined.