Belgrade wants issue "solved"
Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic said the government would continue its dialogue with the EU and was willing to address the registration plate issue in Kosovo, because it wanted to help the Serb community there and avoid creating any tension.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Serbia is issuing new plates in central Serbia and Kosovo, but the Kosovo authorities took advantage of the political vacuum in the territory and decided to ban the plates, which is unacceptable for the Serbs there, Bogdanovic stated.
That is why the Serbs are frustrated, because they simply cannot agree to such ultimatums, he told a Belgrade television outlet on Tuesday.
According to Bogdanovic, the EU Mission in Kosovo has taken a neutral stand on the issue. He noted it had been agreed with Pristina that no side should make any one-sided actions for the time being.
Serbia has fulfilled its part in all agreements with the EU, but Pristina is trying to prove Kosovo's supposed independence by forcing Serbs to accept their registration plates, he stated.
