5 hours agoCause of Serbia's actions, Pristina-Belgrade dialogue endangered
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)In the phase when Kosovo and Serbia are promoting the final phase of talks and mutual recognition between the two states, dialogue is expected to suffer a halt. That is due to the enormous pressure recently put on official Belgrade against the Serb community in Kosovo, either KSF members. Eight members of this community have sought [...]
But this Belgrade gesture risks blocking the dialogue process between the two countries. At least so warns the leader of technical talks with Serbia, Avni Arifi. He has said Serbia's move will have implications not only in dialogue but in any Kosovo report with Serbia.
Serbia's “State Action Against KSF members will have implications not only in dialogue but in all other Kosovo reports Serbia.
It is completely uninceptible and different from any commitment the international community has made to the integration of the Serb community into the state of Kosovo. It is unwarranted and harmful for the Serb population in Kosovo “has said Arifi.
He has added that in the past phase of the dialogue, the Kosovo side has raised both issues and arrests that the Serbian state has repeatedly made against former KLA soldiers, and that they will now raise this issue as well.
“We have raised the ongoing issue of the arrest and ban that the Serbian state made to former UCK soldiers and European countries are aware of the arrests, and now the true conviction for Serbia” is being made.
He has, however, expressed conviction that the Government of Kosovo will stay close to this community and talk about their return, since KSF is for all communities.
We will continue our activities with this group, commitments will continue. The KSF is of all communities “has finished Arifi. While Deputy Minister of the Kosovo Security Force Burim Ramadani has said he expects Serb members to return their duties quickly within this force. /gazetablic/
