Drecun: No dialogue continuation and no Serbs' return to Pristina institutions before the CSM formation

President of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija in the Serbian Parliament, Milovan Drecun, said for RTS that all subsequent proposals for the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities appearance, which was clearly defined by the Brussels Agreement, were an attempt at a political maneuver to adjust the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities appearance to Pristina's view.

Ahead of the Serbian Assembly's session on Kosovo on February 2, Drecun says there is no room for other proposals for the CSM because the Brussels Agreement has precisely defined what needs to be done for the CSM to be formed.

"The first Brussels Agreement defines in six points that there will be an association of municipalities in which Serbs are the majority in Kosovo. A community in which Serbs form the majority of the population, which means that there are also people of other nationalities. Membership will be open to any other municipality if the members agree to that. Then it is defined that the two parties will form a management team for the formation of the Community and that it will be made up of representatives of the four municipalities in northern Kosovo and Metohija and that they will draft the statute, which they did," Drecun says.

He adds that there is no dialogue continuation and no return of Serbs to Pristina institutions until the CSM is formed.

"This is an attempt at a political maneuver to adjust the appearance of the CSM to Pristina's view, although Kurti says that for him, the Brussels Agreements do not exist and that the CSM will not be formed, and that only minority rights should be discussed. He avoids using the terms used in the Brussels Agreement," Drecun noted.

Drecun said that he considered the statute proposal made by the German non-governmental organization Friedrich Ebert to be an attempt by German politics to cheat the Brussels Agreement when it comes to the CSM. As he pointed out, the author's text of American diplomats Derek Chollet and Gabriel Escobar was correct, and that "it is an interesting position that the CSM is in accordance with the constitution, and they see no reason why it should not be formed".

"The community would be an institutional mechanism, which Pristina would recognize, with the aim of protecting the Serbian people, ensuring their safe life and economic development," Drecun said.

Drecun pointed out that there was no Kosovo membership in the UN, nor would Serbia accept to recognize Kosovo's independence.