BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says "the best possible result for Serbia and Serbs in terms of judiciary in Kosovo and Metohija was achieved, under difficult conditions."
BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says "the best possible result for Serbia and Serbs in terms of judiciary in Kosovo and Metohija was achieved, under difficult conditions."
Source: Tanjug
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There is nothing there to boast about and nothing that the other side could boast about, said Vučić. “Within the set framework, we have achieved the best result for the people of Serbia," he said, clarifying that the president of the Kosovska Mitrovica court will certainly be a Serb from the north of Kosovo, that the ratio of judges in northern Kosovska Mitrovica will be 60-40, and that the Serbs will account for two-thirds of the employees.
Vučić expects that after the formation of the Serbian government, on April 27 at the latest, the final agreement on judiciary will be reached in Brussels which, as he noted, is important for Serbia in terms of relaxation of all other issues in the relations with the EU.
It was also pointed out that Serbian citizenship of the Serbs in Kosovo cannot be revoked and that it cannot be the ground for leaving them out of the electoral register, said Vučić, adding that no Serb would then be able to take part in such elections.
"We also discussed the reserved seats (in the Kosovo parliament), but no agreement was reached on that matter," said Vučić, adding that he expects Ashton to visit Belgrade as soon as the new Serbian government is formed.
Referring to Serbia's stance on the Ukraine crisis, Vučić reiterated, as he noted, the same thing he said to Ashton, that the position of Serbia is as clear as possible - meaning that Serbia will never impose sanctions on Russia, "but that it will always respect the territorial integrity of all countries that are members of the United Nations. "
"I personally presented the position to Catherine Ashton. The position is clear, we respect every country's territorial integrity, but we will not introduce sanctions against Russia. We will never take part in that, because we would then go against those who never introduced sanctions against Serbia, not even while Serbia was bombed and while some others were taking away its territorial integrity," Vučić said.
According to him, "the EU understands Serbia's stance well."
"Serbia is an independent country that has its pride, its citizens who elect its organs and government, and it is not a government without an attitude, but a government that respects the integrity, but will not introduce sanctions against Russia," Vučić reiterated.
Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, who was also in Brussels today, said that the Serbian representatives told Ashton about their "principled stance" that Serbia will never make a single step that would deal damage to its ties with the Russian Federation.
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci spoke to reporters after the negotiations today to say that "only some minor issue that experts will harmonize" remains to be agreed on, and that the agreement will be made official during the next round of the dialogue.
EU mediator satisfied
High EU Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said late on Monday, upon completion of the 23. round of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue, that she is pleased that the two sides nearly completed the talks on judiciary, emphasizing that the agreement will be finalized in the next meeting.
"We have continued work on the matters related to the implementation of the Brussels agreement. In this context, I wish to express my satisfaction at the fact that the two sides have nearly completed the talks on judiciary. Having in mind the necessary harmonization, the agreement will be finalized in the next meeting," states the release.
Aston noted that the two sides also discussed the next steps within the dialogue and agreed to meet again soon.
Serbia agreed to a deal in which all courts have one Main court decided by one set of laws and the courts and the laws are controlled by albanians. It doesn't matter at all in any way who involved in the system at a lower level is a Serb because eventually ale eveything is decided by Albanians in pristina. Serbs must abide by laws passed by albanaians and report to Albanian bosses. That's the Brussels agreement.
(Brian, 1 April 2014 21:04)
Even in Germany you can be arrested for wearing a T-shirt with hate insignia. i would agree that there is still work to be done in justice system of Kosovo but true for Serbia as well who has been a country much longer. I was reading in B92 Serbian version and saw interesting comment from a Kosovo Serb from N. Mitrovica asking any law to be applied there as only Gangs are enjoying this status there.
As fot people gloating in this site it comes from both sides its amazing how people have 2 sides of story so different in case of Balkans.
(Atila, 1 April 2014 13:04)
This Brian fellow is remarkably devoid of any balance in his comments frequently irritating and provocative. Gloating from paragraph to paragraph about the wonders of Albanian hegemony. Instead of just fermenting more animosity you might like to take a more productive form of discourse with those who will like it or not be your neighbours.
(Komsija, 1 April 2014 11:29)
"It doesn't matter if there is serb in charge of one court or not. All the laws are Pristina's laws and all the appeals courts are Pristina's!"
(Brian, 31 March 2014 22:16)
Sure, it does matter. Don't confuse Kosovo with a normal, democratic state where laws are applied like it should be, i.e. with Justitia being balanced, fair and 'blind' and judging without prejudice and knowing who the accused person is. No, in Kosovo, police can arrest you for wearing T-shirts with Cyrillic letters, and you can get away when you throw stones at buses and vehicles with persons in it. Same goes for judges, because Kosovo's 'laws' are clan loyalty and omerta, and people working for the state ofter belong to mafia groups, or they fear revenge of the mighty mafia clan bosses (who are protected and pet by the government) in case they should dare to start proceedings against some of their members.
(Comm. Parrisson, 1 April 2014 10:10)
Tamily you couldn't be more wrong. The talks for the Albanians are very easy because they are getting everything they want and more. When Serbia removed Kosovo from its consitution it will all be complete. The asm is just a NGO - it means nothing. The court system- all Albanian law passed in pristina. The police? All controlled by pristina.
(Brian, 1 April 2014 01:16)
The talks in Brussels certainly will not be easy for either side in the negotiations. It discusses will be about very important issues that need to be resolved so that the community of Serbian municipalities could function. We should not ignore the fact that there will be pressure from the EU to delegation in Serbia in terms of Ukraine and Crimea.
(Tamily, 31 March 2014 23:05)
It doesn't matter if there is serb in charge of one court or not. All the laws are Pristina's laws and all the appeals courts are Pristina's! There is one law and that is Pristina and one main appeals court and that is Pristina. Albanians control the law and control the main appeals court. There is not "because its a serb it's Serbia's law or the serb is Serbia" It's all Republic of Kosovo Albanian law and there is no Serb power other than to be the face of Albanian Republic of Kosovo law! Serbia with over 60% of the people say Kosovo is an independent nation. There is no opponents to either EU membership or Kosovo independence in the entire parliament! Just recognize Kosovo independence completely already? I don't understand what is going on. All of Serbia and all of Serbia's agreements indicate a strident recognition of Kosovo independence so just announce it already? What is the problem! Just remove it from the constitution already!
(Brian, 31 March 2014 22:16)
It doesn't matter if there is serb in charge of one court or not. All the laws are Pristina's laws and all the appeals courts are Pristina's! There is one law and that is Pristina and one main appeals court and that is Pristina. Albanians control the law and control the main appeals court. There is not "because its a serb it's Serbia's law or the serb is Serbia" It's all Republic of Kosovo Albanian law and there is no Serb power other than to be the face of Albanian Republic of Kosovo law! Serbia with over 60% of the people say Kosovo is an independent nation. There is no opponents to either EU membership or Kosovo independence in the entire parliament! Just recognize Kosovo independence completely already? I don't understand what is going on. All of Serbia and all of Serbia's agreements indicate a strident recognition of Kosovo independence so just announce it already? What is the problem! Just remove it from the constitution already!
(Brian, 31 March 2014 22:16)
Tamily you couldn't be more wrong. The talks for the Albanians are very easy because they are getting everything they want and more. When Serbia removed Kosovo from its consitution it will all be complete. The asm is just a NGO - it means nothing. The court system- all Albanian law passed in pristina. The police? All controlled by pristina.
(Brian, 1 April 2014 01:16)
"It doesn't matter if there is serb in charge of one court or not. All the laws are Pristina's laws and all the appeals courts are Pristina's!"
(Brian, 31 March 2014 22:16)
Sure, it does matter. Don't confuse Kosovo with a normal, democratic state where laws are applied like it should be, i.e. with Justitia being balanced, fair and 'blind' and judging without prejudice and knowing who the accused person is. No, in Kosovo, police can arrest you for wearing T-shirts with Cyrillic letters, and you can get away when you throw stones at buses and vehicles with persons in it. Same goes for judges, because Kosovo's 'laws' are clan loyalty and omerta, and people working for the state ofter belong to mafia groups, or they fear revenge of the mighty mafia clan bosses (who are protected and pet by the government) in case they should dare to start proceedings against some of their members.
(Comm. Parrisson, 1 April 2014 10:10)
The talks in Brussels certainly will not be easy for either side in the negotiations. It discusses will be about very important issues that need to be resolved so that the community of Serbian municipalities could function. We should not ignore the fact that there will be pressure from the EU to delegation in Serbia in terms of Ukraine and Crimea.
(Tamily, 31 March 2014 23:05)
Even in Germany you can be arrested for wearing a T-shirt with hate insignia. i would agree that there is still work to be done in justice system of Kosovo but true for Serbia as well who has been a country much longer. I was reading in B92 Serbian version and saw interesting comment from a Kosovo Serb from N. Mitrovica asking any law to be applied there as only Gangs are enjoying this status there.
As fot people gloating in this site it comes from both sides its amazing how people have 2 sides of story so different in case of Balkans.
(Atila, 1 April 2014 13:04)
This Brian fellow is remarkably devoid of any balance in his comments frequently irritating and provocative. Gloating from paragraph to paragraph about the wonders of Albanian hegemony. Instead of just fermenting more animosity you might like to take a more productive form of discourse with those who will like it or not be your neighbours.
(Komsija, 1 April 2014 11:29)
Serbia agreed to a deal in which all courts have one Main court decided by one set of laws and the courts and the laws are controlled by albanians. It doesn't matter at all in any way who involved in the system at a lower level is a Serb because eventually ale eveything is decided by Albanians in pristina. Serbs must abide by laws passed by albanaians and report to Albanian bosses. That's the Brussels agreement.
(Brian, 1 April 2014 21:04)
The talks in Brussels certainly will not be easy for either side in the negotiations. It discusses will be about very important issues that need to be resolved so that the community of Serbian municipalities could function. We should not ignore the fact that there will be pressure from the EU to delegation in Serbia in terms of Ukraine and Crimea.
(Tamily, 31 March 2014 23:05)
Tamily you couldn't be more wrong. The talks for the Albanians are very easy because they are getting everything they want and more. When Serbia removed Kosovo from its consitution it will all be complete. The asm is just a NGO - it means nothing. The court system- all Albanian law passed in pristina. The police? All controlled by pristina.
(Brian, 1 April 2014 01:16)
"It doesn't matter if there is serb in charge of one court or not. All the laws are Pristina's laws and all the appeals courts are Pristina's!"
(Brian, 31 March 2014 22:16)
Sure, it does matter. Don't confuse Kosovo with a normal, democratic state where laws are applied like it should be, i.e. with Justitia being balanced, fair and 'blind' and judging without prejudice and knowing who the accused person is. No, in Kosovo, police can arrest you for wearing T-shirts with Cyrillic letters, and you can get away when you throw stones at buses and vehicles with persons in it. Same goes for judges, because Kosovo's 'laws' are clan loyalty and omerta, and people working for the state ofter belong to mafia groups, or they fear revenge of the mighty mafia clan bosses (who are protected and pet by the government) in case they should dare to start proceedings against some of their members.
(Comm. Parrisson, 1 April 2014 10:10)
It doesn't matter if there is serb in charge of one court or not. All the laws are Pristina's laws and all the appeals courts are Pristina's! There is one law and that is Pristina and one main appeals court and that is Pristina. Albanians control the law and control the main appeals court. There is not "because its a serb it's Serbia's law or the serb is Serbia" It's all Republic of Kosovo Albanian law and there is no Serb power other than to be the face of Albanian Republic of Kosovo law! Serbia with over 60% of the people say Kosovo is an independent nation. There is no opponents to either EU membership or Kosovo independence in the entire parliament! Just recognize Kosovo independence completely already? I don't understand what is going on. All of Serbia and all of Serbia's agreements indicate a strident recognition of Kosovo independence so just announce it already? What is the problem! Just remove it from the constitution already!
(Brian, 31 March 2014 22:16)
This Brian fellow is remarkably devoid of any balance in his comments frequently irritating and provocative. Gloating from paragraph to paragraph about the wonders of Albanian hegemony. Instead of just fermenting more animosity you might like to take a more productive form of discourse with those who will like it or not be your neighbours.
(Komsija, 1 April 2014 11:29)
Even in Germany you can be arrested for wearing a T-shirt with hate insignia. i would agree that there is still work to be done in justice system of Kosovo but true for Serbia as well who has been a country much longer. I was reading in B92 Serbian version and saw interesting comment from a Kosovo Serb from N. Mitrovica asking any law to be applied there as only Gangs are enjoying this status there.
As fot people gloating in this site it comes from both sides its amazing how people have 2 sides of story so different in case of Balkans.
(Atila, 1 April 2014 13:04)
Serbia agreed to a deal in which all courts have one Main court decided by one set of laws and the courts and the laws are controlled by albanians. It doesn't matter at all in any way who involved in the system at a lower level is a Serb because eventually ale eveything is decided by Albanians in pristina. Serbs must abide by laws passed by albanaians and report to Albanian bosses. That's the Brussels agreement.
(Brian, 1 April 2014 21:04)