Enough with games, put pressure on Pristina, says Dacic

Dacic, who also serves as first deputy PM, added he does not expect a quick reaction to a request Belgrade has sent to the CEFTA Secretariat for direct consultations within the Joint Committee.

"We did everything that was envisaged by that agreement. We formally submitted the request, but without the strong international pressure of those who created them and sponsor them, I do not believe that the measures will be removed quickly," Dacic said in response to questions from the journalists after a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart.

He suggested that Serbia will not take any measures that would allow some to put us on the same level as Pristina.

"We expect them to stop playing some games that we all know are not true - that now someone can't influence Pristina. They can," he said.

Dacic added said that he never heard of somebody introduced taxes on goods of 100 percent, since what that really says is that they don't want to trade.

He also said that it was good that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted by asking Pristina to abolish the tax, and added:

"But let's see how it all ends now."

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