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FM: Belgrade has no hidden agenda; Pristina is provoking - PoliticsEnglish


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Belgrade's commitment to sincere and constructive dialogue with Pristina, with 
EU's mediation, is not producing the expected results. 

Source: Beta Tuesday, April 3, 2018 | 11:39 

 

Dacic addressing the ceremony at the Serbian-Hungarian border on Tuesday 
(Tanjug)

Serbian Foreign Minister and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said this on Tuesday, 
adding that authorities in Pristina, "with support of some foreign powers," 
have been prolonging the implementation of their obligations from the Brussels 
agreement.

"I repeat that Serbia has entered the dialogue in Brussels sincerely and 
without 'a hidden agenda' - while Pristina has been, with well-prepared 
provocations and obstructions, and the obvious support from some foreign 
powers, prolonging the execution of its part of the obligations from the 
Brussels agreement, making the dialogue pointless and directly threatening the 
stability of the region," Dacic at the ceremony to open a new border crossing 
between Serbia and Hungary, attended also by Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter 
Szijjarto. 

Dacic said that the Serbian authorities expect Hungary to understand the 
position of Serbia which is based on the preservation of common Christian and 
European values, said a statement from the Serbian Foreign Ministry cited by 
Beta agency. 

The statement added that Dacic assessed Belgrade's commitment to sincere and 
constructive dialogue with the provisional institutions of self-government in 
Pristina, with the mediation of the EU, was "unfortunately not producing the 
expected results." 

"During the centuries-old presence in this region, where, throughout history, 
the world's largest and most powerful powers have often clashed, our two 
peoples (Serbs and Hungarians) have often been exposed to various pressures. 
Such pressures exist even today when the Republic of Serbia is making an 
enormous effort to occupy its deserved place in the community of European 
nations," the Serbian minister said.

 

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