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President Vucic says solution for Kosovo is not in sight
President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday that the National Security Council passed several decisions in the session and that some of them are not to be shared in public. According to him, a compromise solution for Kosovo is not in sight.
Vucic also held a meeting with Patriarch Irinej on Saturday with whom, the president said, he had open talks on everything.
Following the meeting with the patriarch, Vucic said the solution for >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << Kosovo would be discussed if it was possible to reach it. He added, however, he was not optimistic about it.
The president called the session for Saturday to discuss the situation in Kosovo. The call came after several statements by Albanian official ahead of a final stage in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue.
Vucic informed the patriarch about his stances on the Kosovo issue as well as some other matters.
“We spoke about the status of our people in the Republika Srpska, Montenegro, Croatia, the consequences of crimes in the Storm Operation, demography and catastrophic demographic movements, as well as about the necessity of taking further, serious measures for the survival of the Serb nation and the Serb people,” stressed Vucic.
The president also informed Irinej about the content of the talks that Belgrade is conducting with Pristina in Brussels.
Speaking about the National Security Council's session, Vucic noted that they passed a few important measures and decisions concerning the Government of Serbia, members of the Army of Serbia and other security forces in order to boost the combativeness and preparedness and to have Serbia prepared for all challenges.
“We will give everything to preserve peace and stability, at all costs, but we will never allow new Storms to happen again,” underlined Vucic.
This weekend Serbia and Croatia are marking two separate anniversaries of the same event from 23 years ago. While Serbia marks Remembrance Day commemorating the persecution of Serbs during the Croatian military and police Operation Storm which the authorities in Belgrade describe as "a premeditated crime", Croatia is marking August 5 as Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and War Veterans' Day and commemorating the 23rd anniversary of Operation Storm, a military operation which Zagreb authorities describe as a victory in which the country regained control of most of its occupied territory.
Different perceptions of the Storm operation have been a divisive factor in relations between the two countries since the mid-1990s. While Zagreb sees Storm as a military triumph, which liberated its territory from aggression, Belgrade views it as ethnic cleansing of Serbs.
“We will be better prepared, respond more seriously, and preserve the peace and stability, and not allow the whole world making fun of us because someone failed to meet the obligations from the Brussels agreement, and hypocritically say 'we urge both sides to meet their obligations',” said Vucic, adding that each side have its name.
Asked to comment the espionage activities that the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric mentioned after the Council's session, Vucic briefly noted that “competent services were tasked with that regard” and that he was convinced they would complete their task. Those were various foreign services and, the president added, “it is a duty of our agencies to deal with that.”
Vucic dismissed the allegations about Pristina and Belgrade having an agreement to trigger incidents and, according to him, some foreign services interfered over the past ten days with political and media developments, leading to a situation “where we have to respond to gossips and not about Pristina not meeting the only obligation – forming the Community of Serb Municipalities.”
The president also said Serbia had to do everything for the Serbs in Croatia to enjoy the same rights as all other Serbs, urging Croatia's leadership to do something for Serbs in Croatia.
He assessed the Storm Operation anniversary as “creepy” and reiterated that the Serb people would not go through some new storms.
Vucic expressed hope that the Serbs and the Croats would be cooperating in future.
“In the future, I expect, because we both are losing our population, we will have to cooperate more closely,” said Vucic, adding that Serbia will continue improving the status of the Croat minority in that country.
