Pavkovic: The UN Security Council is a good arena to discuss the moves made by Pristina

The UN Security Council is indeed a good arena for dialogue, and it's positive that the issue is being brought up there, but for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, what is discussed in Brussels is much more important, Milos Pavkovic from the Center for European Policy emphasizes.

Pavkovic tells Kosovo Online that Serbia's goal, on whose request this session was convened, is to use the Security Council to raise alarm and alert Western countries about unilateral moves by Pristina - in this case, the ban on the use of the Serbian currency, the dinar, in Kosovo, especially in the north.

"It's good that the session is open and that it will be open to the broader public to hear because it will somewhat improve Serbia's position and what it is drawing attention to. When it comes to reaching a common conclusion, we've seen in recent days that both the EU and the US have condemned such unilateral actions by Pristina and demanded that such actions be postponed, exerting pressure on Kurti to delay them," our interlocutor points out.

According to his opinion, it is certainly good to discuss and talk about all the issues happening in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, "especially about those pressures and the human rights problem, about institutional pressures on the Serbs living in northern Kosovo".

"I mean the presence of special police and expropriation, property seizure, the issue of the dinar, and the functioning of Serbian institutions. So, the UN Security Council is a good arena for dialogue, and it's good that these issues are raised there, but the essential process is in Brussels in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, so in the context of Kosovo, what is discussed in Brussels is much more important than in New York," our interlocutor emphasizes.

He adds that he is not very optimistic regarding any joint decision by the UN Security Council, "although there have already been condemnations from the West".

"Considering the current geopolitical situation, it's difficult to expect the Security Council to reach a unanimous decision on this issue. We've seen that the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kosovo Government has already reacted to these criticisms, and some kind of delay in that decision has already occurred. So, I don't expect the Security Council to change anything significantly. Sufficient pressure has already been exerted on the government not to immediately implement that decision of the CBK," Pavkovic concludes.