Serbian President: "I am in favor of a demarcation with the Albanians"
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Aleksandar Vucic/Foto: Tanjug-Tanja Valic
„I am in favor of a demarcation with the Albanians," the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed.
„If we ever have the opportunity to bring a solution, it has to be a comprehensive package that deals with many, many, many things, and it is not as simplified, not as simple as some imagine, like our bishops and Natasha Kandic and Sonja Biserko," Vucic said while visiting a meat processing factory in Sid.
He added: „I cannot speak about something we are talking about, because that would ruin Serbia's position and reveal our cards. When we are close to any possible solution, I will clearly and unambiguously tell the citizens what I think about it. "
He expects that the citizens will be able to recognize the right solution.
It takes two to tango
He answered the question on the demarcation posed by Rada Komazec, the editor of Jedinstvo from North Mitrovica, – whether places in Kosovo where Albanians did not pay electricity, nor any other requirements to Serbia, could remain in Serbia, and whether the fact that Dobrica Cosic advocated for some sort of demarcation with the Albanians means that he worked less for the interests of Serbia.
For the first time, the President explicitly stated today that he is in favour of the demarcation with the Albanians, although he did not provide any further details.
"You don't want ethnic boundaries? You don't want a demarcation with the Albanians? Well, no problem, tell people to get ready for Vranje in about 40-50 years" he said at the end of July, but he later claimed that it is „an optimistic scenario", and that this will actually happen in 20 years.
„I am in favor of it and I am not hiding it, I am certainly in favor of it, and that's the policy I represent. Whether it will get the support of the people or not, I am in favor of a demarcation with the Albanians,"said the Serbian President.
„That we have a territory for which it is unknown who considers it as what exactly, and what belongs to whom, that is always the source of a potential conflict, potential adversity, and plenty of adversities. Whether we are going to succeed in it or not, that's another matter. It does not depend on us. I have said countless times – it takes two to tango," he added.
Commenting on the series of the direct announcements by the Kosovo President Hashim Thaci over several days of a referendum on the secession of the Serb municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and their merger into the Kosovo system, Vucic said:
„Well, let's hold a referendum here to see what the situation is, here's how this global warming is going, let them do everything they need and want, we will get nothing for Serbs, there is nothing for them, but there is an additional expansion of the borders. I will just say – congratulations and go ahead, and whether it will happen, you know the answer."
The difference between the lives of Serbs in the North and the South was explained by the Serbian President via the issue of electricity supply and distribution. He said that Serbs in the north, unlike Serbs in the south, do not pay electricity, „as is understandable", and that Serbia is responsible for the system in the north, but not in the south, where Serbs pay electricity to the Kosovo system.
When asked by Komazec about yesterday's announcements for Serbia's larger investments in Kosovo, Vucic listed kindergartens in Strpce, as well as „another 200 apartments in the Sun Valley by the end of the year", €8 million for the water supply in Zubin Potok, „Popovic (mayor of Gracanica) with his programs and plans", but he also added that „everything is paid from Serbia's budget".
„Not only will we not stop, but we will do it even faster and more," said the Serbian President.
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