Dacic: Bakoyannis statement culmination of hypocrisy

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday a statement by the Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur for the so-called Kosovo, Dora Bakoyannis, that CoE membership for the so-called Kosovo would enable better protection for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija was scandalous and a culmination of hypocrisy and double standards.

"Until yesterday, Dora Bakoyannis was talking about three conditions being required for her to give a recommendation, the most important one being the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities, which has been Pristina's obligation for 11 years now, while now she says registration of land to the Decani monastery - which I guess has been unquestionable for seven centuries already - is sufficient," Dacic said in a statement to Tanjug.

"That is the deception Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has spoken about, too - that is how Western power-wielders have broken their promise that 'Kosovo' would not join the CoE until it formed the Community of Serb Municipalities," he said.

Dacic noted that this was another example of violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and all principles the CoE rested upon.