W Daily e-newspaper
• N° 16 • Belgrade, May 18, 2016
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WESTERN BALKANS e-MEDIA GROUP
Russia Believes EU Tacitly Supports Pristina
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Russia's representative at the recent UN Security Council meeting also voiced the hope that the special court for war crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army would start working as soon as possible
ussia's representative at the recent UN Security Council meeting has said that Pristina is disregarding and trying to unilaterally change the agreement reached with Belgrade concerning the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), with the EU's tacit approval. Pristina has to implement the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities straight away and this will be a litmus test of its readiness to meet the obligations. Otherwise, we will see a
Daniel Serwer, U.S. Balkans analyst: Of course I will not be deciding whether the RS will become independent. That has has already been decided and the decision will not be annulled. Dodik uses the idea of an independent RS to make his political career
deterioration of the situation in Kosovo and around it, the Russian representative said. UNSC Resolution 1244 has been and will be the only platform for resolving the situation in Kosovo, he underlined. The statements that the mission should be downsized and its budget reduced have no grounds in the report of the UN secretary general who has said that much is yet to be done, the Russian representative said.
Marko Djuric, Office for Kosovo: There will never be a state border between Serbia and Kosovo, as it does not exist under our Constitution. That is an administrative line, and this will be the case as long as this Constitution and people exist
He voiced the hope that the special court for war crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army would start working as soon as possible, and would not repeat a failure of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Kosovo has become a shelter and transit center for radical Islamists who use the territory for recruitment and training, he said, noting that, relative to its size, Kosovo has the highest number of fighters for Islamic State.
Bosko Obradovic, Dveri leader: Sexual orientation is not a human right and it is undignified to reduce a person's personality to their sexuality. We are not ready to change our political position under the influence of powerful lobbies