Dacic: Eleven years after Brussels deal, Pristina still refusing to form Serb municipalities

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday that, 11 years after the signing of the Brussels Agreement, Pristina had still not established a Community of Serb Municipalities.

Rather than face pressure over its refusal to meet its commitments, Pristina is being rewarded by the international community, Dacic said at a press conference after a meeting with OSCE Chairperson and Maltese FM Ian Borg.

"It has been 11 years since I signed the Brussels Agreement with Hasim Taci and Catherine Ashton. However, the Community of Serb Municipalities, which is the main commitment, remains unfulfilled to this day, primarily due to the refusal of the Pristina authorities," Dacic said.

Due to a lack of pressure from the international community, Pristina feels no obligation to meet its international commitments, he said.

"We will continue to be a constructive factor, but this position is bringing our people in Kosovo-Metohija into a very difficult situation," Dacic said.

The EU-facilitated First Agreement on the principles of normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations was signed in Brussels on April 19, 2013.