Izvor: N1 televizija, 16.Avg.2018, 15:18 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Kosovo’s Thaci: Border correction to kill Serbia’s dream
The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaci said on Thursday that a revision of the border with Serbia would erase Belgrade dream of the separation of the former southern province, the FoNet news agency reported.
Thaci said that the correction “coupled with the annexation of the (Serbia’s southern region mostly populated by the ethnic Albanians) Presevo Valley, will end Belgrade dream of creating the Republika Srpska (Bosnian >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << Serbs-dominated entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Kosovo.”
Thaci said that the process of border correction should be transparent, followed by a popular vote.
He added he would not allow anyone “to prevent a deal with Serbia which gives Pristina a European future.”
Thaci called on the opposition parties to take part in the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
“It’s easy to criticise,” he said. “It isn’t easy to face (Serbia’s) President Aleksandar Vucic. It’s easy to be an observer, and difficult to be a player,” Thaci said, adding that if the opposition did not participate, the citizens would have a final word in a referendum.
Speaking about the Community of Serb Municipalities (CSM), Thaci said he would not allow that the Community had any executive powers, adding that he hoped the basis for achieving an agreement with Belgrade would be ready next spring.
Presevo leader: Only Valley as a whole, or we stay in Serbia
Izvor: N1 televizija, 17.Avg.2018, 08:58
The Mayor of the Presevo municipality, a part of Serbia’s southern region of Presevo Valley, said late on Thursday that his fellow ethnic Albanians were against the exchange of territories with Kosovo unless it covers a whole of the region, “even if that means we will stay where we are now,” the...
