24 minutes agoDaciq: Pope's rejection damaged our interests for Kosovo
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Pope Francis' visit to Serbia would be in the interest of the state and the nation, so it would be important for our country to agree on that. Thus has Serbia's Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic said, adding that the Vatican's role is of particular importance in the war [...]
He added that Sie understands the opposition of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the Pope's visit as the first personality of the Catholic religion, but he is also a political personality.
“I would like reconciliation to be achieved about this and especially would like to contribute to it, because it is in the interest of the state and the nation, because it would be catastrophic for Pope Francis to visit Kosovo, while not visiting Serbia”, Dac told TVPink, public television broadcast.
Minister Daciq recalls that Serbia, along with the Vatican, would have to address the Kosovo issue as a matter that harms Catholicism, because the Serbian Orthodox Church cannot do so alone.
As he has stated, our relations with the Vatican are related to our relations with Croatia, but it must be overcome. It's clear what kind of objections we have against behavior in World War II, but these remarks to the pope and the Catholic Church have others who were victims of that war, and their role is still problematic and controversial”.
The minister, meanwhile, turned to some of the frequent comments displayed in the media that the pope has never expressed a desire to visit Serbia, and that the document was presented to the cameras, which in charge of Vatican cases, had been addressed to then-President Tomislav Nikolic in 2016.
The document said that the Pope has accepted the invitation to Serbia's president, Tomislav Nikolic, where the proposed date of the visit on May 21st and May 22, 2016.
“but President Nikolic has consulted representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with what case the Pope's visit had been cancelled. This is very wrong and harmful because we are playing with our national interests. I respect all the reasons for our church, but the Pope's arrival is in our interest “, Dacic stressed.
He added that it is imperative that our officials meet with the head of the Catholic Church.
“Thaci, Haradinaj and others go to the pope for a visit, say every month and ask for recognition of Kosovo, while we refuse the Pope to visit our country and together fight for our interests”, Dacic said.
