Djuric: Peace Park stays on bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica

BRUSSELS - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric stated that the Peace Park built by the Kosovska Mitrovica Serbs will remain until further notice on the bridge over the Ibar River which connects the northern (Serb-populated) part and the southern (ethnic Albanian) part of the city in northern KiM.

It has been agreed that the Peace Park should stay where it is and the EU will perform a visual assessment of the bridge, Djuric told Tanjug after the meeting with Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri in Brussels, adding that the talks in the search for a long-term solution concerning the belt area in the vicinity of the bridge would continue over the weeks to come.

Djuric noted that the meeting with the Pristina delegation was marked by a better atmosphere than the previous one, despite the argument at the beginning of the meeting concerning the distribution of the seats for representatives of northern KiM municipalities which was eventually resolved by organising a round-table debate.

Djuric said that he is surprised by the statement Tahiri made after the meeting when she said that it has been agreed that the Peace Park should be removed. He underscored that the outcome of the meeting was exactly the opposite.

In the weeks to come, we will collaborate with the provincial government as soon as it gets constituted and discuss the future of overall political relations in the province, Djuric said and added that he is certain that the talks will cover a number of details such as the issues discussed in Brussels on Tuesday.

He noted that the Tuesday meeting in Brussels focused primarily on the alleviation of tensions concerning the belt area around the bridge in Kosovska...