Dacic: No ultimatums, conditions
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday that senior officials of the U.S. and the EU, Hillary Clinton and Catherine Ashton, did not come to Belgrade to deliver ultimatums and impose new conditions.
(KosovoCompromiseStuff) Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The talks addressed the topics of vital importance for Serbia - the continuation and acceleration of the EU integration process, and fulfillment of the criteria for obtaining a start date for the EU entry talks, Dacic said after the meeting with Clinton and Ashton, in which Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic also took part.
Dacic specified that the political criteria that Serbia has to meet include the issue of internal reforms and establishment of visible and sustainable relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Tuesday that Serbia would not recognize Kosovo's independence and that it should not be forced to do that by the EU or the United States.
Dacic stressed, however, that Serbia would do everything possible to normalize relations with Pristina for the sake of a joint integration into the European Union.
After the meeting he and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic had with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade Tuesday, Dacic thanked the EU official for confirming that the EU would not force Serbia to do anything it could not do.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Tuesday evening that the dialogue with Pristina would resume in November and that the Serbian government would have all the outstanding issues resolved by the end of its term.
"The Serbian government took over the responsibility to implement the agreements from the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and to continue the dialogue at the highest level," Dacic said after a meeting between senior representatives of Serbia, the U.S. and the EU in Belgrade Tuesday.
During the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, he said, nobody mentioned any specific dates and I am satisfied that neither the EU nor the United States want Serbia to do what it cannot do - to recognize Kosovo independence.
Dacic specified that the political criteria that Serbia has to meet include the issue of internal reforms and establishment of visible and sustainable relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Tuesday that Serbia would not recognize Kosovo's independence and that it should not be forced to do that by the EU or the United States.
Dacic stressed, however, that Serbia would do everything possible to normalize relations with Pristina for the sake of a joint integration into the European Union.
After the meeting he and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic had with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade Tuesday, Dacic thanked the EU official for confirming that the EU would not force Serbia to do anything it could not do.
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Tuesday evening that the dialogue with Pristina would resume in November and that the Serbian government would have all the outstanding issues resolved by the end of its term.
"The Serbian government took over the responsibility to implement the agreements from the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and to continue the dialogue at the highest level," Dacic said after a meeting between senior representatives of Serbia, the U.S. and the EU in Belgrade Tuesday.
During the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, he said, nobody mentioned any specific dates and I am satisfied that neither the EU nor the United States want Serbia to do what it cannot do - to recognize Kosovo independence.
