"Invasion of Serb property to be resolved"

Source: Tanjug, Vesti

FRANKFURT -- Activities of Kosovo's privatization agency undermine the foundations upon which the Serb community in the province is built, says Marko Đurić.

(Tanjug, file)

The director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija spoke for the Serbian-language daily Vesti, published in Frankfurt, Germany.
"For that reason, one of the priorities is to resolve the matter of privatization agency's actions which judicial bodies in the province have characterized as criminal," he said.

“The invasion of private and state property of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is a crime against the entire nation and, in a way, a continuation of the policy of ethnic cleansing,” he stressed.

When asked what options the Serbs have to prevent such acts, Đurić pointed to the formation of new executive bodies Kosovo, "which largely depend on the participation of candidates on the Srpska list in the Kosovo government."

The community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) is also to be established, he said, noting that this should create better living conditions for Serbs and prevent the revocation of their rights and further expulsion, as well as various forms of pressure and invasion of their property.

Based on the Belgrade-Priština agreement concluded in Brussels on April 19, 2013, the ZSO will be in charge of urban and rural planning and decision-making regarding the use of land and construction, which is one of the key matters for Serbs that can make the difference between survival and disappearance, said Đurić.

"The dynamics of the ZSO formation, which is already late because of Prišstina's obstruction, depends on further political negotiations in Brussels," he explained.