Vulin: We will insist on executive role of EULEX
Director of the Government's Office for Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin stated Thursday that the Serbian side will insist on the executive role of EULEX when it comes to the integrated crossings management.
(KosovoCompromiseStuff) Thursday, November 08, 2012
He said in an RTS broadcast this means that every communication and taxation of goods will be executed by EULEX and representatives of the international community, and not by Pristina's representatives.
"Pristina's representatives cannot put stamps that read "Republika Kosovo." For us,
EULEX is a guarantor that the whole thing will be status neutral," Vulin said.
Speaking of participation of Kosovo Serbs in the resolving of the Kosovo issue, Vulin said they will be included in the talks and not put aside, like, as he put it, it was the case during the rule of the previous government.
Commenting on the announcement of appointing ground liaison officers, he said that "in every conflict and every agreement" there are people in charge of technical cooperation who should provide communication between two parties.
"Ground liaison officers are precisely that. They do not come from a recognized state," he said, adding that he cannot specify where they will be based and that he is not sure if they will be in Belgrade.
"Perhaps they will be based in Brussels, but in any case they will be based at the missions of both parties respectively," Vulin noted.
Vulin said he does not see as a problem the fact that the Serbian representatives went to negotiate in Brussels without a platform for Kosovo.
"They are discussing things that have been agreed and our cultural heritage and heritage which do not require a special platform. Pristina's representatives did not come out with their platform either," he added.
Asked whether it is a step back that the Serbian monasteries are being taken over by representatives of the Kosovo police, he said that KFOR is leaving the churches and monasteries and that they had to protect them somehow.
He pointed out that special units of the Kosovo police will safeguard the churches and monasteries.
Vulin also said that financing of Serbian institutions in Kosovo will not be discontinued and that Kosovo allowance will not be terminated.
"These matters are legitimate," he concluded.
"Pristina's representatives cannot put stamps that read "Republika Kosovo." For us,
EULEX is a guarantor that the whole thing will be status neutral," Vulin said.
Speaking of participation of Kosovo Serbs in the resolving of the Kosovo issue, Vulin said they will be included in the talks and not put aside, like, as he put it, it was the case during the rule of the previous government.
Commenting on the announcement of appointing ground liaison officers, he said that "in every conflict and every agreement" there are people in charge of technical cooperation who should provide communication between two parties.
"Ground liaison officers are precisely that. They do not come from a recognized state," he said, adding that he cannot specify where they will be based and that he is not sure if they will be in Belgrade.
"Perhaps they will be based in Brussels, but in any case they will be based at the missions of both parties respectively," Vulin noted.
Vulin said he does not see as a problem the fact that the Serbian representatives went to negotiate in Brussels without a platform for Kosovo.
"They are discussing things that have been agreed and our cultural heritage and heritage which do not require a special platform. Pristina's representatives did not come out with their platform either," he added.
Asked whether it is a step back that the Serbian monasteries are being taken over by representatives of the Kosovo police, he said that KFOR is leaving the churches and monasteries and that they had to protect them somehow.
He pointed out that special units of the Kosovo police will safeguard the churches and monasteries.
Vulin also said that financing of Serbian institutions in Kosovo will not be discontinued and that Kosovo allowance will not be terminated.
"These matters are legitimate," he concluded.
