"Pristina cannot block Serbia's EU path"

Joksimovic told the daily Vecernje Novosti that the only way for the European Union to preserve the integral inviolability and indivisibility of the negotiation process with Serbia is to "evacuate the monitoring of the Brussels agreement from the negotiating platform for Chapter 35."

She pointed out that Chapter 35 should serve to monitor the agreements reached with Pristina, although it has been proven multiple times that Serbia respects them.
"Arrangements either exist or don't, they are not commodities to be bargained with," she said. Speaking about a series of moves Pristina has made, that have blocked the dialogue with Belgrade, the minister said that Pristina finally stopped the dialogue by introducing taxes (on goods from central Serbia), and by adopting the (negotiating) platform, announced that the Brussels agreement does not exist for them.
"It is therefore no longer feasible that Belgrade alone is trying to maintain it through committed resolve for cooperation, while the EU and other international actors are failing to pull out the dialogue car that got stuck in Pristina's mud of confrontation," said Joksimovic.
She pointed out that the EU, as a signatory to the Brussels agreement, can make a basic overview of what has been achieved, "and it will show that Belgrade has no unfulfilled obligations."
"In line with the rules of negotiations, which include Pristina not blocking Serbia on its European path, I do not see any valid justification for the possible slowing down of Serbia's process due to Pristina's unilateral moves, which also make EU's entire work on the dialogue meaningless," Joksimovic said.
Asked about the prospects of membership in 2025, Joksimovic replied that, regardless of the required technical work...