Serbia and Kosovo are about to fulfill once more this weekend to debate the final factors of a potential settlement brokered by the European Union.The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, instructed Euronews that the ultimate intention of the talks was to carry Albanians and Serbs “each from Kosovo, but in addition Albanians and Serbs in a whole area, to dwell collectively”.Sergio Cantone, Euronews: Mr President, thanks for becoming a member of us. First query, you might be about to open a brand new spherical of talks along with your Kosovan counterpart. What’s your pink line?Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia: I don’t communicate fairly often about pink strains, as a result of when you communicate an excessive amount of about pink strains, there are not any actual negotiations and the opposite facet will insist solely on these pink strains. And it is extra vital to debate the difficulty correctly, which suggests to attempt to discover compromise options.Euronews: One in all these earlier preparations is the Affiliation of Serbian Municipalities in Kosovo…Aleksandar Vučić: Sure, precisely.Euronews: That you’re asking for. However apparently, the Kosovan authorities just isn’t prepared to provide, or a minimum of there’s a divergence of factors of view regarding the best way or the tactic?Aleksandar Vučić: The problem is that we signed it in 2013 and 2015. And these are: the implementation plan, ideas, administration staff and naturally the primary settlement. These 4 preparations. We have now every part already signed and likewise signed by European Union representatives and it needs to be delivered. However that is not the ultimate intention. The ultimate intention is to carry Albanians and Serbs each from Kosovo, but in addition Albanians and Serbs in a whole area, to dwell collectively, to dwell significantly better and to respect one another.Euronews: The issue for the Kosovans is that they’re afraid of – that’s what they are saying, in fact – is to create the circumstances for a brand new form of Republika Srpska in Kosovo. The Republika Srpska, I remind our viewers, is that this Serbian republic in Bosnia.Aleksandar Vučić: It is not true. It is a Serb republic, it is not Serbian. However anyway, you might be proper, as a result of we hear this type of platitude every day. There was one thing that was – and remains to be – written. And it is signed. And that needs to be delivered. In any other case, worldwide public regulation doesn’t exist.Euronews: Apparently, the present Kosovan authorities wish to have extra sovereignty by itself territory… what they contemplate to be their very own territory… that has been recognised by many international locations.Aleksandar Vučić: By many international locations. However not by a global public regulation. However now I am insisting on reconciliation, actual reconciliation: not all the time attempting to humiliate the opposite facet, however to discover a compromise resolution for each.Euronews: Reconciliation goes by not perhaps a mutual recognition, however a mutual set of concessions?Aleksandar Vučić: YesEuronews: So, the Affiliation of Serbian Municipalities is one, which must be in favour of Serbia , as you stated to implement, nevertheless it was already agreed…Aleksandar Vučić: Reconciliation requires many concessions from the Serbian facet as nicely”. Which is: many preparations on customs stamps, customs seals, authentic representations, diplomas, paperwork, skilled points, plates and every part else.Euronews: The issue is very to know the place is the purpose in regards to the autonomy of a Serbian group dwelling in Kosovo: schooling…Aleksandar Vučić: Training, well being care system, spatial planning, rural and concrete planning, financial improvement: every part that is been outlined and itemized inside the ideas which have already been agreed upon.Euronews: Would you be capable to set up a transparent line of separation between the idea of autonomy and self-determination?Aleksandar Vučić: Why did some individuals give or approve or settle for that proper to self-determination for some individuals and for some nations and why did not they offer it to some others? And we are going to firmly stay on it. And Serbia is the nation that attracted 62% of total overseas direct investments within the western Balkans.Euronews: Mr President, however this type of financial miracle of Serbia can be primarily based on, say, a reasonable worth of the gasoline that’s coming from Russia…Aleksandar Vučić: Simply partly, sure.Euronews: And the European Union is asking Serbia to rally to the sanctions.Aleksandar Vučić: Talking concerning the gasoline worth, I imagine we’ve got a very good worth and we’ve got a booming economic system. Final yr… within the final three years, we had been one of many 5 quickest rising economies in whole Europe.Euronews: As a result of, as you stated, the value of your power is decrease than in different international locations and that might be an issue for you Should you needed to rally to the sanctions of the European Union towards Russia.Aleksandar Vučić: However that is not the one challenge. And , I used to be studying and was listening about hundreds of false accusations towards Serbia about ruining regional peace and stability and “Serbia will assault Bosnia, Serbia will assault Pristina, Serbia will assault that and that”.Did it occur? No, it didn’t. There have been some tensions in North Kosovo and what I needed to say to our individuals many occasions and I am reiterating it right here: we had a really skilled relationship and excellent and accountable and critical relationship with NATO, we are going to stick with it with that. And I used to be very happy with that.Euronews: President Putin has entwined the Kosovo query with another questions, first in Crimea after which additionally within the Donbas.Aleksandar Vučić: Is it a query for me or for some Western leaders? As a result of he discovered a precedent. However our response was totally different, simply so that you can know, we stated: “We do help the UN constitution, and that is why Crimea and all the opposite elements of Ukraine belong to Ukraine.” That was our response. Simply to be honest along with your viewers.Euronews: Would you be able to make some concessions to the Kosovan counterpart relating to the membership of the Council of Europe?Aleksandar Vučić: They’ve already began that process for the Council of Europe with out asking Serbia. And so they do not want Serbia for that. However there’s a regulation… and that proposed plan by Germans and French on worldwide organisations. And so they received my response. So I stated it face-to-face to Macron and Scholz.Euronews: The UN? The United Nations is simply too early to say, as a result of China and Russia have their say.Aleksandar Vučić: It is not about China or Russia. I imagine it is about Serbia greater than China and Russia. I mentioned it with Macron and Scholz.Euronews: And… ?Aleksandar Vučić: And with all of the others.Euronews: And what was the… ?Aleksandar Vučić: We mentioned about pink strains originally of our interview.
Vučić: Reconciliation between Albanians and Serbs is Kosovo goal
