Vucic: Pristina did not want to implement the Washington Agreement, just as it has not wanted to implement any other

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic stated today, on the occasion of the five-year anniversary of the Washington Agreement, that it was primarily an economic agreement, but that Pristina did not want to implement it—just as it has not wanted to implement any agreement.

Recalling that Joseph Biden, who soon after replaced Donald Trump as U.S. President, wanted the Washington Agreement to be forgotten and replaced with new ones, Vucic stressed that the Brussels Agreement would nevertheless have to be implemented and the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities established.

“We had, above all, an economic agreement. They pushed part of their political agenda, which had nothing to do with that—whether we would recognize them or not. They tried, and I refused. It was primarily an economic agreement, which they did not want to implement. They don’t want to implement any agreement. And my problem is not with them… Trump then lost power, Biden came, who wanted the Washington Agreement to be put aside, to implement some new one, and for the Brussels Agreement to be forgotten,” Vucic said in response to a Kosovo Online reporter’s question.

He underlined that this would not work: the Brussels Agreement must be implemented and the Association of Serb-majority Municipalities formed.

“This way, they can only enforce brute force, but to persuade us to recognize Kosovo… That is not going to happen,” Vucic emphasized.