Main obstacle to Kosovo solution is no secret, says Dacic

This has been stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic.

"It's no secret that the main obstacle to reaching an agreement is Pristina's resolve to come up with maximalist goals in the talks. They do not want a compromise but us recognizing (Kosovo's) independence, but also to receive another thing - as they call it, eastern Kosovo - Presevo and Bujanovac," Dacic told RTS, referring to two municipalities in the southern part of central Serbia.

He said it was at this time "uncertain to say" when a framework agreement could be reached that would mark the solution on which relations with Pristina would be based.

Dacic said that Serbia must be realistic "and see what the perspective is in international relations" - because Serbia "does not live a life based on myths."

Responding to those who say the time is not right to be resolving the Kosovo issue, Dacic added that he "does not know when the time could come that would make Serbs once again be a majority in Urosevac, Djakovica and Kacanik."

"Personally, I think that partition is the solution, I am have been talking about this for ten years, Dobrica Cosic spoke about it and yet he was not a traitor, as did Zoran Djindjic. Some say that he (Djindjic) in that way drew the anger onto himself that ended with the attack," Dacic said, apparently referring to the assassination of Djindjic in 2003.

The minister added that "there are those who would like someone else to solve it, attack the north of Kosovo and expel the Serbs and solve the Kosovo problem in this way."

He invited anyone who has a different compromise solution to put it forward, and added that it was "necessary to ask citizens whether a whole independent Kosovo is better...