Djurdjevic Stamenkovski, AfD's Chrupalla discuss situation in Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Family Welfare and Demography Milica Djurdjevic Stamenkovski met with Alternative for Germany (AfD) Co-President Tino Chrupalla on Tuesday to inform him of the difficult situation in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija as well as of the challenges her ministry was facing on a daily basis while trying to perform its competences in the southern province.

In a statement to Tanjug after the meeting, held at the Palace of Serbia, Djurdjevic Stamenkovski said she had told Chrupalla Serbia was ready for compromise on the Kosovo-Metohija issue but that a compromise solution implied respect of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, UNSCR1244 and the UN Charter.

"We are ready to discuss all other modalities of cooperation while, of course, noting the fact that Albin Kurti's regime is ignoring the need to establish a Community of Serb Municipalities, conducting a policy of ethnic cleansing against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and creating unsustainable and unbearable conditions," she said, noting that Pristina was trying to ethnically cleanse the north of Kosovo-Metohija of the local Serb population.

She added that Germany, as the "engine of Europe's political system", bore the greatest responsibility for adequate future reactions when it comes to the position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and, in general, when it comes to establishing peace and stability in the Balkans.

"We are striving for peace, agreement and stability in our region and it is our desire to talk much more about the economy, investments and new jobs at one of the next meetings - about opportunities for people to make a living in this region and for the region to make absolute progress," Djurdjevic Stamenkovski said.

She also said the AfD, the leading opposition party in Germany, had on several occasions demonstrated a readiness to respect Serbian state and national interests, in particular when it comes to Kosovo-Metohija.