Dacic satisfied with agreement implementation
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Thursday he was satisfied with the implementation of the agreement on integrated crossings management, noting that the things he agreed on with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Kosovo's Prime Minister Hasim Taci were being respected.
(KosovoCompromiseStuff) Friday, December 21, 2012
He said that at the crossings between Kosovo and central Serbia no customs duties were being charged on goods headed to northern Kosovo, but that the quantity of certain excise goods was limited.
Dacic said technical groups would continue trying to work out ways to divide revenue from customs and other charges on January 10.
Dacic told reporters in the Belgrade neighborhood of Zeleznik that his next meeting with Ashton and Taci would take place on January 17 and that in the next six months, the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina would include the issue of parallelism of institutions in Pristina and in northern Kosovo.
"It has become apparent that the issue of parallelism of institutions needs to be resolved, but that, at the same time, Serbs in the north are something special compared to other parts of Kosovo," he said adding that the Serbian side had to be ready to discuss this.
Asked whether the text of the Serbian platform for Kosovo which appeared in the Belgrade press on Thursday was authentic, Dacic said the parliament had not yet passed any document.
"The platform is not the Bible and it still needs to be discussed with many interested parties," he said.
The ongoing talks on the draft platform are talks about possible solutions in a situation where Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence, but issues such as parallelism of institutions in northern Kosovo need to be resolved, noted Dacic.
Dacic said technical groups would continue trying to work out ways to divide revenue from customs and other charges on January 10.
Dacic told reporters in the Belgrade neighborhood of Zeleznik that his next meeting with Ashton and Taci would take place on January 17 and that in the next six months, the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina would include the issue of parallelism of institutions in Pristina and in northern Kosovo.
"It has become apparent that the issue of parallelism of institutions needs to be resolved, but that, at the same time, Serbs in the north are something special compared to other parts of Kosovo," he said adding that the Serbian side had to be ready to discuss this.
Asked whether the text of the Serbian platform for Kosovo which appeared in the Belgrade press on Thursday was authentic, Dacic said the parliament had not yet passed any document.
"The platform is not the Bible and it still needs to be discussed with many interested parties," he said.
The ongoing talks on the draft platform are talks about possible solutions in a situation where Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence, but issues such as parallelism of institutions in northern Kosovo need to be resolved, noted Dacic.
