Dacic: Pristina is bothered by the monument in Gazimestan because it testifies to the Serbian presence in Kosovo

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said today that Pristina was bothered by the Serbian presence in Kosovo and the Serbian celebration of today's Vidovdan holiday, RTV reports.

"The monument at Gazimestan bothers them, because it speaks of the Serbian presence, you don't have an Albanian monument from that time, they weren't present then, it was a Serbian-Turkish battle," Dacic said.

He stated that Vidovdan was a layered and symbolic day in Serbian history and that it could not be tied to one event.

"I am not talking only about the battle in Kosovo, which historically, mythically, and genetically entered the DNA of the Serbs and Serbian history, we have many other events, even all Serbian enemies wanted to settle accounts with us on Vidovdan. The Sarajevo assassination was preceded by a decision that the military maneuvers of Austria-Hungary be held in Sarajevo on Vidovdan," Dacic explained.

He also pointed out that we now had to see how to preserve the national being, state structures, and state unity.

"It is very important that there is an agreement between the Serbs in Serbia, the Serbs living in the Republika Srpska, and in Montenegro," Dacic said.

He added that the fact that Slobodan Milosevic had been extradited to the court in The Hague on Vidovdan was the greatest tragedy of our nation.

"Someone can have discussions about Milosevic and his historical role; everyone will have their own political approach. I think it is tragic for a country to extradite its former president to an international court on a holiday like Vidovdan," Dacic said.

Speaking about the formation of the People's Movement for the State, Dacic said that there was a readiness of the Serbian Progressive Party to discuss the accession to that movement.

"We are ready to discuss it, there are many things that the president talked about. One is a question of political orientation, what we want, and the other is an organizational question, whether it is a coalition for going to the elections," Dacic said.