BELGRADE -- A permanent and sustainable solution for the Belgrade-Priština relations can only be found through a dialogue, Serbian president’s advisot Marko Đurić has said.
Belgrade-Priština issues “to be resolved through dialogue”
BELGRADE -- A permanent and sustainable solution for the Belgrade-Priština relations can only be found through a dialogue, Serbian president’s advisot Marko Đurić has said.
Source: Tanjug
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“We want the future administration to have results as tangible as possible when it comes to the EU integration and progress in the talks between Belgrade and Priština,” Đurić told Tanjug.
He stressed that before those goals could be achieved, the widest possible consensus on the Kosovo strategy needed to be reached.
According to him, the consensus would determine the format of the dialogue, UN’s participation, with whom the Serbian authorities would be willing to talks to.
“It is very important to us to reach a consensus on the format of the political dialogue between Belgrade and Priština. It is important to us that all important social factors take part in the process and that the outcome of the process is a solution that will be acceptable from the aspect of our state and national interests,” he explained.
Đurić said that it was only certain that the dialogue would be taken to a political level.
He noted that the consensus should allow Serbia to achieve its interests.
“Those are primarily survival of our population, survival of our state territory, preservation of our interests that are guaranteed by the Constitution and the entire state leadership is committed to it,” the president’s advisor said.
He added that the new government would work in implementing the agreements that had been reached in Brussels.
When asked how the disputable agreements, such as the one on Priština’s representation, would be implemented, he said that the political consensus envisaged agreement on all important issues regarding the technical and political negotiations.
Đurić said that Serbia had become much better informed about the international community’s requests regarding Kosovo after Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) acting leader Aleksandar Vučić's visit to Washington.
“We now need to concentrate on finding an internal consensus and planning our further activities in that respect,” he stressed.
When asked whether it was realistic to expect that Serbia will get a date for the beginning of the EU accession talks by the end of the year, Đurić said that the efforts should be directed toward the goal.
“We need to make an effort in order to get a date for the beginning of the negotiations. I would not speculate on the dates right now, but we need to act like we need to achieve it tomorrow,” he pointed out.
Đurić added that the new Serbian government would lead a balanced foreign policy that would be nationally responsible and open for cooperation with all the countries in the world.
“When it comes to achieving our national interests, it is the most important to give a full contribution to our country’s EU membership but at the same time to establish fruitful cooperation with all important factors in the international community. The job requires involvement of all state institutions and I am convinced that the new government will not spare its energy in order to have better results than in the previous period,” he said.
According to Đurić, the new state leadership wants to send a clear message that it is focused on “raising the country’s credibility in the international community”.
}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
So true after 3 UN resolutions and a meeting in Rambouillet they would not stop the violence then a bombing campaign was the only answer
(a New Day, 29 July 2012 13:44)
What is Serbia was taken by force, negotiations must be mitigated? And if you say that the negotiations between the parties, the one opposite, has much more interested!
(gvadalupa, 29 July 2012 08:37)
Consensus will mean a basis for negotiations! Then there will be those who will be able to say they had a better solution because it will participate with their decision making in the ground!ywe83n5
(bbop, 29 July 2012 08:34)
Dialouge?How many centuries has "dialouge"been tried?When the hell are you going to wake up?Actions speak louder than words{lies}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
EA, Hungarians did not take the route of Albanians when millions were left out of the much reduced Hungary at the end of the Great War. They did not resort to terrorism or ethnic cleansing. Either they kept their communities within existing borders or moved to Hungary. They're in a much better position than Albania or Kosovo for it because they didn't drag their neighbors down with them as Albanians have in Serbia and Macedonia. Dragging neighbors down economically makes economic activity for everyone much more difficult. The Serbs that Albanians forced out of Kosovo had skilled workers who would be an asset to local economies. It's like Zimbabwe when the farmers were forced out. Now Kosovo instead of suckling at Beograd's teat switched to the EU+ US teat with even worse unemployment, at least in legitimate jobs.
(Anonymoose, 29 July 2012 00:07)
Dialouge?How many centuries has "dialouge"been tried?When the hell are you going to wake up?Actions speak louder than words{lies}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
I tell you why....because when the borders were drawn by superpowers Albanian nation was devided into four and the neighbouring countries appetite were satisfied.
(EA, 28 July 2012 17:03)
EA, the Kosovo dispute will be a frozen conflict for decades to come. Serbia no where near ready to enter the EU, nor does the EU particularly want Serbia in the EU. But it's about money, trading, business, so the game must be played. As for EU and Kosovo, please look around that place, I am not just talking about Pristina - do you honestly believe that that place is EU material? It will be decades - many. By then, God knows what the world situation will be, or if the EU will even exist? By then, I am convinced that the Chinese will have a lot stronger world in everyones affairs, like the USA does today. In the meantime, let's just not harm each other. No one needs fighting anymore. And EA, how many more times will you say that Serbia must recognize Kosovo? It will not. Besides, why do you want Serbia to do that? I thought Albanians didn't care?
(ecoman, 28 July 2012 16:41)
Support to Mark! Young, promising, objective and realistic ... Kosovo is a serious issue, and Mark is well and quickly found himself in all this. Advisor to the President of Serbia, Marko, daily shows and proves to be worthy of that function. Congratulations
(Boxer, 28 July 2012 16:18)
Ecoman,we Albanians have no problem with any one except the ones that came to our land and think it is theirs.Learn how to live with the others especially when you go to their house and are temporary tenant.For the sake of peace we agreed to live under Yugoslavia(under pressure of world powers of course) even as we were treatet as second class citizens.And you know that country was fake bcs there is no yugoslav people.Russia draw the borders as your heart had wished and grabbed half of Albanian lands,and now you are paying the price bcs your master is in no position to help you anymore with your propaganda.Every inch of Albanian land will go back to the right owners and that include Nish,Kurshumlija,Vranja,Medvegja,Bujanovci,Presheva and whole Sanxhak.
(Peacemaker, 28 July 2012 16:12)
I doubt in any near future dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia with the current Serbian leadership. Serbia should be given two option recognise officially Kosovo independence and welcome to EU or continue the status quo....
(EA, 28 July 2012 15:38)
So far, they talk a good game. As for results, still a bit early to tell. Making concessions on Kosovo is OK, since Serbs are a small minority there, it's just unfortunate that the concessions are made to Albanians, who have for over a hundred years tried to cleanse KiM of Serbs, and claim the territory - through their associations with the Ottomans, WWII Nazis, and now they bow to the US/EU. It it was any other people, I am sure a solution would already have been found. I feel sorry for Macedonians and Montenegrins, for they have a problem with the Albanian population also. Why is there conflict wherever Albanians live?
(ecoman, 28 July 2012 15:02)
I tell you why....because when the borders were drawn by superpowers Albanian nation was devided into four and the neighbouring countries appetite were satisfied.
(EA, 28 July 2012 17:03)
Ecoman,we Albanians have no problem with any one except the ones that came to our land and think it is theirs.Learn how to live with the others especially when you go to their house and are temporary tenant.For the sake of peace we agreed to live under Yugoslavia(under pressure of world powers of course) even as we were treatet as second class citizens.And you know that country was fake bcs there is no yugoslav people.Russia draw the borders as your heart had wished and grabbed half of Albanian lands,and now you are paying the price bcs your master is in no position to help you anymore with your propaganda.Every inch of Albanian land will go back to the right owners and that include Nish,Kurshumlija,Vranja,Medvegja,Bujanovci,Presheva and whole Sanxhak.
(Peacemaker, 28 July 2012 16:12)
I doubt in any near future dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia with the current Serbian leadership. Serbia should be given two option recognise officially Kosovo independence and welcome to EU or continue the status quo....
(EA, 28 July 2012 15:38)
So far, they talk a good game. As for results, still a bit early to tell. Making concessions on Kosovo is OK, since Serbs are a small minority there, it's just unfortunate that the concessions are made to Albanians, who have for over a hundred years tried to cleanse KiM of Serbs, and claim the territory - through their associations with the Ottomans, WWII Nazis, and now they bow to the US/EU. It it was any other people, I am sure a solution would already have been found. I feel sorry for Macedonians and Montenegrins, for they have a problem with the Albanian population also. Why is there conflict wherever Albanians live?
(ecoman, 28 July 2012 15:02)
EA, the Kosovo dispute will be a frozen conflict for decades to come. Serbia no where near ready to enter the EU, nor does the EU particularly want Serbia in the EU. But it's about money, trading, business, so the game must be played. As for EU and Kosovo, please look around that place, I am not just talking about Pristina - do you honestly believe that that place is EU material? It will be decades - many. By then, God knows what the world situation will be, or if the EU will even exist? By then, I am convinced that the Chinese will have a lot stronger world in everyones affairs, like the USA does today. In the meantime, let's just not harm each other. No one needs fighting anymore. And EA, how many more times will you say that Serbia must recognize Kosovo? It will not. Besides, why do you want Serbia to do that? I thought Albanians didn't care?
(ecoman, 28 July 2012 16:41)
Support to Mark! Young, promising, objective and realistic ... Kosovo is a serious issue, and Mark is well and quickly found himself in all this. Advisor to the President of Serbia, Marko, daily shows and proves to be worthy of that function. Congratulations
(Boxer, 28 July 2012 16:18)
Dialouge?How many centuries has "dialouge"been tried?When the hell are you going to wake up?Actions speak louder than words{lies}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
So true after 3 UN resolutions and a meeting in Rambouillet they would not stop the violence then a bombing campaign was the only answer
(a New Day, 29 July 2012 13:44)
Dialouge?How many centuries has "dialouge"been tried?When the hell are you going to wake up?Actions speak louder than words{lies}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
EA, Hungarians did not take the route of Albanians when millions were left out of the much reduced Hungary at the end of the Great War. They did not resort to terrorism or ethnic cleansing. Either they kept their communities within existing borders or moved to Hungary. They're in a much better position than Albania or Kosovo for it because they didn't drag their neighbors down with them as Albanians have in Serbia and Macedonia. Dragging neighbors down economically makes economic activity for everyone much more difficult. The Serbs that Albanians forced out of Kosovo had skilled workers who would be an asset to local economies. It's like Zimbabwe when the farmers were forced out. Now Kosovo instead of suckling at Beograd's teat switched to the EU+ US teat with even worse unemployment, at least in legitimate jobs.
(Anonymoose, 29 July 2012 00:07)
What is Serbia was taken by force, negotiations must be mitigated? And if you say that the negotiations between the parties, the one opposite, has much more interested!
(gvadalupa, 29 July 2012 08:37)
Consensus will mean a basis for negotiations! Then there will be those who will be able to say they had a better solution because it will participate with their decision making in the ground!ywe83n5
(bbop, 29 July 2012 08:34)
So far, they talk a good game. As for results, still a bit early to tell. Making concessions on Kosovo is OK, since Serbs are a small minority there, it's just unfortunate that the concessions are made to Albanians, who have for over a hundred years tried to cleanse KiM of Serbs, and claim the territory - through their associations with the Ottomans, WWII Nazis, and now they bow to the US/EU. It it was any other people, I am sure a solution would already have been found. I feel sorry for Macedonians and Montenegrins, for they have a problem with the Albanian population also. Why is there conflict wherever Albanians live?
(ecoman, 28 July 2012 15:02)
I doubt in any near future dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia with the current Serbian leadership. Serbia should be given two option recognise officially Kosovo independence and welcome to EU or continue the status quo....
(EA, 28 July 2012 15:38)
Ecoman,we Albanians have no problem with any one except the ones that came to our land and think it is theirs.Learn how to live with the others especially when you go to their house and are temporary tenant.For the sake of peace we agreed to live under Yugoslavia(under pressure of world powers of course) even as we were treatet as second class citizens.And you know that country was fake bcs there is no yugoslav people.Russia draw the borders as your heart had wished and grabbed half of Albanian lands,and now you are paying the price bcs your master is in no position to help you anymore with your propaganda.Every inch of Albanian land will go back to the right owners and that include Nish,Kurshumlija,Vranja,Medvegja,Bujanovci,Presheva and whole Sanxhak.
(Peacemaker, 28 July 2012 16:12)
I tell you why....because when the borders were drawn by superpowers Albanian nation was devided into four and the neighbouring countries appetite were satisfied.
(EA, 28 July 2012 17:03)
EA, the Kosovo dispute will be a frozen conflict for decades to come. Serbia no where near ready to enter the EU, nor does the EU particularly want Serbia in the EU. But it's about money, trading, business, so the game must be played. As for EU and Kosovo, please look around that place, I am not just talking about Pristina - do you honestly believe that that place is EU material? It will be decades - many. By then, God knows what the world situation will be, or if the EU will even exist? By then, I am convinced that the Chinese will have a lot stronger world in everyones affairs, like the USA does today. In the meantime, let's just not harm each other. No one needs fighting anymore. And EA, how many more times will you say that Serbia must recognize Kosovo? It will not. Besides, why do you want Serbia to do that? I thought Albanians didn't care?
(ecoman, 28 July 2012 16:41)
Support to Mark! Young, promising, objective and realistic ... Kosovo is a serious issue, and Mark is well and quickly found himself in all this. Advisor to the President of Serbia, Marko, daily shows and proves to be worthy of that function. Congratulations
(Boxer, 28 July 2012 16:18)
}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
So true after 3 UN resolutions and a meeting in Rambouillet they would not stop the violence then a bombing campaign was the only answer
(a New Day, 29 July 2012 13:44)
EA, Hungarians did not take the route of Albanians when millions were left out of the much reduced Hungary at the end of the Great War. They did not resort to terrorism or ethnic cleansing. Either they kept their communities within existing borders or moved to Hungary. They're in a much better position than Albania or Kosovo for it because they didn't drag their neighbors down with them as Albanians have in Serbia and Macedonia. Dragging neighbors down economically makes economic activity for everyone much more difficult. The Serbs that Albanians forced out of Kosovo had skilled workers who would be an asset to local economies. It's like Zimbabwe when the farmers were forced out. Now Kosovo instead of suckling at Beograd's teat switched to the EU+ US teat with even worse unemployment, at least in legitimate jobs.
(Anonymoose, 29 July 2012 00:07)
What is Serbia was taken by force, negotiations must be mitigated? And if you say that the negotiations between the parties, the one opposite, has much more interested!
(gvadalupa, 29 July 2012 08:37)
Dialouge?How many centuries has "dialouge"been tried?When the hell are you going to wake up?Actions speak louder than words{lies}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)
Consensus will mean a basis for negotiations! Then there will be those who will be able to say they had a better solution because it will participate with their decision making in the ground!ywe83n5
(bbop, 29 July 2012 08:34)
Dialouge?How many centuries has "dialouge"been tried?When the hell are you going to wake up?Actions speak louder than words{lies}.Force is the only "WORD" those people {and you all know who I am referring to}understand.Act before it is to late. The clock is ticking.
(Pete K>, 28 July 2012 20:58)