"Implementation of all agreements from Brussels is starting": Petkovic meets with Botsan Kharchenko

Photo: Tanjug/Sava Radovanovic

The director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, spoke today with Ambassador of Russia Alexander Botsan Kharchenko about the last round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels and the agreement reached to deescalate in the north of Kosovo and Metohija.

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Petkovic stressed that an agreement was reached in Brussels yesterday with which we can be satisfied.

The new agreement will implement what was agreed in 2016, which means that there can no longer be any so-called reciprocity, but implantation of agreements, stressed the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

"The most important fact is that peace has been preserved in our southern province, that the withdrawal of Rosu units from the north of Kosovo and Metohija was agreed, and the arrival of KFOR, in accordance with Resolution 1244. Also, vehicles with license plates from Serb towns in Kosovo and Metohija are protected, they will no longer be removed, nor will they be able to forcibly impose test plates with Pristina's status marks, which will enable for freedom of movement, while the agreed stickers will start to be applied on Monday," said Petkovic.

He stressed that the fact that yesterday's agreement means implementing all agreements reached so far in Brussels is of special importance.

"After the agreement on license plates, that will primarily refer to the formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities, which will be the first topic of the next meeting in Brussels," Petkovic said and added that the Serbian delegation insisted on the case of Ivan Todosijevic, where the Brussels agreement was violated regarding the presence of two Serb judges in the chamber, which was clearly stressed by the EU in its statement.

Petkovic thanked the Russian ambassador for his support and for visiting Jarinje and Raska, which, he says, also gave moral encouragement to the Serb people who were gathered at administrative crossings to defend the right to freedom of movement.

(Telegraf.rs)