Serbian List Part of Belgrade Team in Brussels Dialogue

He praises Serbian domestic dialogue for Kosovo as a good case, where each can broadcast its clear position.

Singleness says the Serb List is part of Belgrade's team in the Brussels dialogue, while, according to him, this list will not provide, in any case, support for the constitutional changes needed for the formation of the Kosovo Armed Force.

The Serbian list has confirmed earlier that forming the Association or Community of Serb Majority municipalities is the main need of the Serb community in Kosovo. Is it working for him?

Number of enemies: It is a fact that everyone knows that the Serb municipal community presents the obligation Pristina has taken over with the signing of the Brussels agreement in April 2013. In recent weeks we have had the opportunity to hear that the process of forming the Serb Community of municipalities will begin. This is often heard by Pristina officials only after the insistence of international representatives in Kosovo or those coming to Kosovo.

We also receive information that in this regard, a certain kind of debate should be opened. The Serbian list considers that there are no more talks on forming the Serb municipal community. It has been sufficient to sign the first agreement on normalisation of relations in Brussels, which has included the formation of the Serb municipal community and after that the August 2015 agreement, when it has been defined what the Serb Community and what it should do.

We, in the Serbian List, consider that there is no more room for talks and that it is necessary to see the concrete results and processes leading to the formation of the Serb community of municipalities, in the way reconciliation has been achieved in Brussels and not as someone is trying to present it in Kosovo.

What if the Kosovo government doesn't go far towards forming the Community?

Number of enemies: I think that this government in Kosovo is set to start solving the problems of all Kosovo citizens, not just Serbs, and not only when it comes to forming the Community of Serb municipalities. I expect that even the issue of the Serb municipal community will soon be found in the agenda. I repeat, I think the international representatives' orders are quite clear on this issue.

So, there is no more room for justification and there is no place to be around the formation of the Serb municipal community. The Serbian list, within institutions, will not be someone who exploits his position, reportedly, “to put his finger in his eye”. But, he will always recall the obligations that were accepted when it comes to forming the Serb municipal community, as well as all other things that concern the lives of Serbs in Kosovo.

How do you see the Serbian internal dialogue for Kosovo?

Number of enemies: This is a bold and manly decision in the order of the citizens' decisions, which President Vuciq has made in the past period. We consider that internal dialogue is the best way to clearly define the attitudes of the Serbian people as a whole, but also institutions when it comes to resolving the Kosovo problem.

Personally, I think that's a very good thing and that there's been an open opportunity for everyone to share their clear stand. When it comes to bringing the final solution, there will be plenty of time for everyone to break their stance and shape the final proposal on how the Serbian people and the state of Serbia see the way to solve the problem in Kosovo.

I, I expect, on the other hand, to show the willingness of Albanian representatives in Kosovo, because in the past period you have had the opportunity to hear that even representatives of Albanian political parties are willing to launch similar dialogue among Albanians in Kosovo.

I think that's a good thing and that's the best way to achieve it to the sustainable solution, to the situation no one will be able to handle. Each will be able to achieve specific benefits when it comes to Serbs and Albanians living in Kosovo's space, as well as in general, for Serbs and Albanians living in the space of the Western Balkans.

Can that dialogue result in the removal of preamble for Kosovo by Serbia's Constitution? What if this happens?

Number of enemies: I think whatever I say now on this subject would be a classic speculation. What would happen if it happened? I don't think it would be a good example for me to answer such a question. What President Vuciq has mentioned several times, the solution lies between what the interests of Serbs and the state of Serbia represent, but also considering the specific positions of Albanians in Kosovo's space. I think this is a real basis for achieving a long-term and sustainable solution.

The continuation of dialogue in Brussels has already been warned. Will you seek the involvement of Kosovo Serbs in Kosovo's dialogue with Serbia in Brussels?

Number of enemies: Serbs are involved in the dialogue process. They are involved as part of Belgrade's negotiating team, and this presents nothing new. We have attended several meetings when certain solutions for various fields have been brought. So Serbs are participating in that dialogue and there is no dilemma. I can say that this is very important, because it is necessary that people living in Kosovo's space and living those solutions brought to Brussels should be present at the negotiating table.

I'm going back to your first question. Therefore, in the Serbian List, we want to show that forming the Community of Serbian municipalities is the need for Serbs living in Kosovo, not in the political sense, but in the sense of real life. So to form the institution, which would shape the positions of Serbs and Albanians, but also the international community. But we, as Serbian representatives, would also take on greater responsibility for advancing the status of citizens in Kosovo.

Have the Kosovo authorities asked Serbian representatives to engage in the Kosovo team in the dialogue?

Number of enemies: As far as I'm concerned, no. We, so far, have not been part of the Pristina negotiating delegation. I don't know if this is gonna happen in the future. What I know is the position of the Serbian List, that Belgrade is justly the representative of Serbs in those talks, and that representatives of the Serbian List go under the Belgrade delegation, and that for us is completely enough.

- What?If the Government or the Parliament of Kosovo initiate the constitutional changes regarding the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into the Armed Forces of Kosovo, will the Serb List change the rejection stance it has had so far on the issue?

Number of enemies: This is the issue for which the Serbian List has a clear stance. It's the same one we had during the campaign, when we ran with our programme for work in the future composition of the Parliament and for which we received the support of more than 90 percent of Serbs in Kosovo. The only legal and legitimate armed force, which in Kosovo's space has come with Belgrade reconciliation, is KFOR.

We deeply believe that there is no need for the formation of any other armed force in these areas, and any formation will not receive the support of Serb deputies in the Kosovo Assembly. I mean, it's a fact that the transformation of the Security Forces will not benefit in general, nor the Albanian citizens living in the space of Kosovo. This is rather a requirement for the benefit of certain political points.

Young people have abandoned Prizren, Pristina, Gjakova or Peja and are not going to Western Europe because they do not have the Kosovo Army, but because they have no room for economic progress, or, they have no jobs. At the moment people in Pristina understand this, we will be able to walk away. This issue, absolutely, does not present the real need of Albanians, especially not of Serbs in Kosovo's space. I would add two important data here.

The first, in research conducted by Kosovo's designated nongovernmental organisations, turns out that only 4 per cent of Albanians are interested in the issue. But 27 percent are interested in their economic position.

Another important clue has also been released. We have KFOR in Kosovo space, as NATO troops. Does anyone think that they are not powerful enough to maintain peace in these spaces and that there is a need to form something else? I don't think so, because this is all just a popular cruise, that there really is no real basis. / REL/