Sretenovic: Whoever is exerting pressure on Serbia by incorporating the Ohrid Agreement into Chapter 35 does not have good intentions toward Serbia

Serbia cannot recognize Kosovo, and anyone who seeks to include the Ohrid Agreement in Chapter 35 of negotiations with the European Union does not have good intentions towards Serbia, historian Stanislav Sretenovic says for Kosovo Online.

Commenting on the claims that the Ohrid Agreement could become a part of Chapter 35, Sretenovic points out that neither Belgrade nor Pristina signed that document. He emphasizes that the agreement was formulated in diplomatic circles so that everyone could interpret it positively.

"The Union can say that, in a difficult, critical moment for peace in the Balkans, some agreement was reached. Serbia may hope that the issue of the missing will be resolved, and the CSM will be formed, while Kosovo may force the EU to take steps towards what they expect in international institutions, namely recognition", Sretenovic explains.

In such a power constellation, he says, if the Ohrid Agreement is included in an important EU document like Chapter 35, it would directly mean that, at a time when elections are being organized in Serbia, pressure is being exerted on the Government in Belgrade.

By doing so, he adds, the Government is practically putting itself in a corner, in a situation where it will have to take a certain action, which will then bring the Union and its steps to the forefront.

"I don't think that action will happen. In any case, Serbia cannot sign the recognition of Kosovo. No government in Serbia will do that in the next 100, or 200 years. It's an act that no one will do, and those who are pressuring Serbia in this way really do not have good intentions and continue with humiliation, which at this moment represents an outdated policy that will only degrade those who continue to humiliate Serbia, rather than constructively contribute to a fair agreement between the Serbs and the Albanians that would enable peace and prosperity in Serbia and the entire Balkans", Sretenovic concluded.