Head of the Kosovo delegation in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Avni Arifi says the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) will be a topic in Brussels.
Pristina would like to change Serb Municipalities agreement
Head of the Kosovo delegation in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Avni Arifi says the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) will be a topic in Brussels.
Source: Tanjug
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He also "denied any possibility of discussions for an exchange of the territories" - as "Kosovo has nothing to share or exchange with anyone."
The next round of the Belgrade-Pristina technical dialogue has been scheduled for February 26 and 27 in Brussels.
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said on Monday that the talks will include the investigation into the murder in Kosovo of local Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, and added that Serbia "expects answers."
In addition, the Belgrade delegation will table the topics of the establishment of the ZSO, as well as the problems faced by Serbs in Kosovo, including those concerning personal documents and the crossing of the administrative line.
"There is no more important question for us than the Community of Serb Municipalities, which is something that they have owed us for 1,776 days (since the agreement was reached), and this is the topic of all topics," Djuric said.
He added that the Serb side will use the meetings "in a most productive way, so that this is really dialogue and cooperation, rather than something serving as a photo opportunity to someone."
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the Brussels Agreement is just that - an Agreement between two parties. Both sides had to sign off on every part they agree upon. The legally binding document will encapsulate everything signed off in the Brussels Agreement – word for word.
If you think they are going through talks now only to start from scratch again when they prepare the legally binding document, then think again. This is only Pristina trying to get out of its obligations. If Thaci did not like the way it was put forward in Brussels, then why did he sign it? Why didn’t he object and refuse to sign?
(sj, 22 February 2018 11:33)
Pristina is in fact late on requesting such change. The supreme court in Belgrade confirmed that the agreement is not a legal one but a political one. So any agreement based on Brussels agreement is legally unenforcable.
Kosovo treated the agreements as international treaty and ratified it on the parlament while the supreme court in Pristina opined that the ZSO as in part unconstutional as it violated the principal of equality of citizens under KS constitution (meaning a minor correction is required).
(Niko, 21 February 2018 05:40)
Pristina is in fact late on requesting such change. The supreme court in Belgrade confirmed that the agreement is not a legal one but a political one. So any agreement based on Brussels agreement is legally unenforcable.
Kosovo treated the agreements as international treaty and ratified it on the parlament while the supreme court in Pristina opined that the ZSO as in part unconstutional as it violated the principal of equality of citizens under KS constitution (meaning a minor correction is required).
(Niko, 21 February 2018 05:40)
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the Brussels Agreement is just that - an Agreement between two parties. Both sides had to sign off on every part they agree upon. The legally binding document will encapsulate everything signed off in the Brussels Agreement – word for word.
If you think they are going through talks now only to start from scratch again when they prepare the legally binding document, then think again. This is only Pristina trying to get out of its obligations. If Thaci did not like the way it was put forward in Brussels, then why did he sign it? Why didn’t he object and refuse to sign?
(sj, 22 February 2018 11:33)
Pristina is in fact late on requesting such change. The supreme court in Belgrade confirmed that the agreement is not a legal one but a political one. So any agreement based on Brussels agreement is legally unenforcable.
Kosovo treated the agreements as international treaty and ratified it on the parlament while the supreme court in Pristina opined that the ZSO as in part unconstutional as it violated the principal of equality of citizens under KS constitution (meaning a minor correction is required).
(Niko, 21 February 2018 05:40)
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the Brussels Agreement is just that - an Agreement between two parties. Both sides had to sign off on every part they agree upon. The legally binding document will encapsulate everything signed off in the Brussels Agreement – word for word.
If you think they are going through talks now only to start from scratch again when they prepare the legally binding document, then think again. This is only Pristina trying to get out of its obligations. If Thaci did not like the way it was put forward in Brussels, then why did he sign it? Why didn’t he object and refuse to sign?
(sj, 22 February 2018 11:33)