Serbian Minister Lajjic: From 40m euros, Serbia-Kosovo exchange dropped to 0m from tax

Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications in Serbia's Government Rasim Lajiq has said the purpose of the measures Kosovo has taken against Serbia is to put the point in the Brussels Agreement and improve its negotiation process, Koha.net broadcasts.

He, the Serbian news agency Beta, has said he cannot comment on Kosovo's warned measures such as the ban on the use of the dinar and Serbian billboards, as well as the failure of the ministers' entry into Kosovo from Serbia, adding that those measures have not yet been adopted, but, according to him, are so radical that they have completely interrupted trade with Serbia.

The monthly exchange of goods between Serbia and Kosovo worth about 40 million has now dropped to almost 0m euros”, he said.