"Pristina's slap in the face of Brussels agreement guarantors": Dacic on dialogue continuation

Photo: TANJUG/AP/ TANJA VALIC

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says that he is worried about the fact that the European Union is not building its authority on implementation of what was signed with the Brussels Agreement.

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He told TV Pink that Pristina is now setting new conditions for the realization of what was signed in Brussels, where the EU is the guarantor - namely, that the Community of Serb Municipalitie (ZSO) will be formed when Serbia recognizes Kosovo.

"Imagine (US envoy) Richard Grenell warning somebody for seven years that they should implement what was agreed in Washington. The US administration would never allow that, the EU allowed itself an own goal like that. Pristina slapped the guarantors of the Brussels Agreement in the face," said Dacic.

He added that Pristina invested great efforts in finding protectors in the EU, but also in the US administration, they were not satisfied that 18 countries withdrew recognition (of Kosovo).

He said that in Washington, the Belgrade delegation made a gentleman's agreement to put a one-year moratorium on lobbying for withdrawals of recognition, but also for Pristina not to work on new recognitions, and not to apply for membership in international organizations.

"Only four days after the signing of the agreement, the minister of foreign affairs of so-called Kosovo sent a letter to the minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, inviting them to recognize Kosovo, because that is the result of the Washington Agreement. We gave that letter to Grenell and President Vucic told me that Grenell called (Avdullah) Hoti and told him all kinds of things, that this was a violation of the agreement," said Dacic.

Photo: Tanjug/Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Ognjen Stevanovic

Dacic said that many are wondering if it's true that the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina has been canceled due to quarantine and coronavirus (at EU premisses), and if that was the true reason for canceling the meeting.

"One person or several people can be infected. It's like if I told you that the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs is going to quarantine. Many are wondering if this is true," he said.

(Telegraf.rs)