SNS expects talks on term "territorial integrity"
The ruling Serb Progressives (SNS) are concerned that the EC used the term "territorial integrity" in relation to Kosovo, in its latest progress report.
(KosovoCompromiseStuff) Friday, October 12, 2012
The party - led by Deputy PM Aleksandar Vucic, and previously by President Tomislav Nikolic - "expects that talks on the matter will be held in order to specify this term, so as not to additionally burden the relations between Belgrade and Pristina".
Jadranka Joksimovic, a member of the SNS Presidency, told a press conference on Friday that this should be discussed before the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, and added that it is in the interest of Serbia and the future dialogue that a more precise formulation is found.
However, she qualified as "significant" the explanation EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule gave during his visit to Belgrade that the formulation has nothing to do with the status of Kosovo, but rather with the EU's stance that there can be no division of Kosovo.
Asked about multiple wages certain Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija receive, including some SNS members, Joksimovic said that Vucic, in his capacity as deputy PM, had announced that this will be discussed next week and that this practice will be abolished.
