Vucic presents five conclusions after meeting with Kosovo-Metohija Serbs

RASKA - After a discussion with Kosovo Serb representatives in Raska, central Serbia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic presented a set of five conclusions regarding the position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

He said the first conclusion was that Belgrade would take arbitrary measures against drivers of vehicles with Pristina's RKS licence plates in case Pristina continued to obstruct the freedom of movement of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

He said a proposal would be made to the Serbian government to adopt conclusions regarding Pristina's violations of a vehicle licence plate agreement with Belgrade.

"It (the proposal) will request an urgent reaction from the EU and other bodies and institutions worldwide to ensure that the interim Pristina institutions immediately stop violating the licence plate agreement and ensure full and unobstructed freedom of movement to Serbs whose vehicles have legal and legitimate plates issued by the Republic of Serbia. We are asking for nothing more but for Pristina to comply with agreements from the dialogue as well as with all other relevant documents of international law," Vucic said.

"In case they reject that compromise solution and continue to obstruct the freedom of movement of Serbs and other citizens using legal and legitimate Republic of Serbia plates, the Serbian side will respond with significant and adequate measures to protect the constitutional order. Of course, those will be political measures," Vucic said.

"We, too, will be taking arbitrary measures against those with RKS plates, in line with what our state authorities adopt," he said.

The second conclusion is that Belgrade will demand urgent and unconditional establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities, Vucic said.

He noted that the Community was the absolute precondition for a return of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs to Pristina's institutions and for any kind of political activities on their part in the future.

He said the Pristina interim institutions were obliged to ensure the Community was formed exclusively in line with four relevant agreements reached in the dialogue to date, and noted that this was also a part of an implementation act accepted by Pristina in Ohrid.

Vucic said the third conclusion was that Pristina's special police forces must withdraw from the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

"They are illegally in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, where they brutally terrorise Serbs who live there - all representatives of the international community are well familiar with this and, starting from today and everywhere, we will be requesting a withdrawal of those units - I believe, unsuccessfully," Vucic said.

The fourth conclusion is that we will request that elections in the north of Kosovo-Metohija be held after the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities, he said.

Vucic also said the fifth conclusion was that the Republic of Serbia would take all legal political, economic and other measures to ensure the protection of the lives and the fundamental human and political rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

He explained that this was chiefly about comprehensive social and economic progress in Serb communities.

"We will boost financial assistance measures for businesses, farmers, young people and the underprivileged," he said.