Jevtic: The abolition of the dinar and the difficult situation of the Serbs are the topics of the meeting in Washington

During the past week, the president of the Strpce municipality and the vice-president of the Serbian List, Dalibor Jevtic, paid an official visit to Washington, during which, in addition to attending the traditional prayer breakfast, he had meetings in Congress and the State Department.

At a meeting with Congressmen Robert Aderholt and John Moolenaar, as well as at a meeting with Congressman Tracey Mann, Jevtic spoke about the difficult situation of Serbs in Kosovo today as a result of the policies of the current regime in Pristina, which is carrying out the process of expelling the Serbian people with various daily actions and decisions.

In concrete examples, Jevtic spoke about the consequences of the previous decisions of the Government of Kosovo, with special emphasis on the latest decision to abolish the dinar, which will be a direct blow to the existence of the Serbian people in Kosovo.

"As someone who believed in a multi-ethnic society in Kosovo, someone who was part of the process of integration of Serbs into the institutions of Kosovo, someone who worked on building bridges of coexistence, I am deeply disappointed and worried about what Pristina is doing and it is high time that the International Community did something to stop Kurti from intending to evict the remaining Serbian people in Kosovo. Serbs are exposed to various types of pressure every day, they are arrested and detained without grounds, their property is confiscated, all processes are administratively centralized in order to make it impossible to manage in the municipalities where they are Serbs are the majority, the resources of local self-governments are being usurped, as is the case with the Ski Center Brezovica, and the latest raids on health facilities and the arrest of health workers are the best indicator that the current regime in Pristina will not stop until every element of life is abolished for the Serbs. At the moment when Kurti, preparing for the parliamentary elections, has nothing to present as a result of his rule in the areas of the economy, infrastructure and general life of the citizens, it remains to attack everything that bears the prefix Serbian and start the campaign precisely by playing the card of national feelings,” Jevtic said, among other things.

At the end of the meetings, Jevtic called for the congressmen to visit the Serbian communities in Kosovo when time permits.

At the State Department, Jevtic met with the Director of the State Department for Southern and Central European Affairs, Colleen Hyland.

And at this meeting, the dominant topic was the decision to break the dinar and the consequences of this decision. Jevtic presented data on the number of beneficiaries of different categories of salaries, pensions, social benefits, scholarships, everything that comes from the Republic of Serbia and that essentially sustains the remaining Serbian people in Kosovo economically. They also discussed the situation in municipalities with a Serb majority, as well as the position of Serbs in areas where Serbs are a non-majority people.

At the end of the meeting, Jevtic thanked Hyland for his very clear position regarding Pristina's decision to abolish the dinar, and also concluded that it is high time to stop such and similar actions of the Government of Kosovo, because they aim to abolish the multi-ethnic society in Kosovo.

In addition to the meeting with officials of the US administration, at the end of his visit to Washington, Jevtic also met with congressmen's advisers, members of the Congress's Foreign Policy Committee. A meaningful meeting where all the facts were presented, everything that has had a negative impact on the life and position of Serbs in Kosovo since Kurti came to power.

Jevtic said at this as well as at all previous meetings that Kurti would never form the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities and that by creating small and medium-sized crisis situations, he would avoid it until the parliamentary elections are called. Also, on the topic of new local elections in the north of Kosovo, Jevtic said that the regime in Pristina would not call them until the time stipulated by the law, which means autumn 2025.

Jevtic assessed the visit to Washington as meaningful and useful and emphasized the importance of hearing the voice of the Serbs from Kosovo, the legitimate representatives of the Serbian people.