Serbian enclaves in Kosovo

Arnaud Gouillon, who has been helping Serbs in Kosovo for years, says he is currently working on sending 42 children from Serb enclaves on vacation.

The Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) should be formed by the Kosovo Serbs pursuant to the Brussels Agreement, and not by ethnic Albanian politicians.

The head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, said this on Wednesday.

Unknown perpetrators have broken into and robbed the Serbian Orthodox church dedicated to St. Petka in the village of Drsnik, near Klina.

The incident in this municipality in Kosovo happened during the night between Saturday and Sunday, Tanjug reported on Monday.

A bus that was carrying Serbs from Orahovac to Velika Hoca in Kosovo was attacked with stones on Wednesday afternoon.

Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti said the incident happened as about 50 residents of these two Serb enclaves in Metohija were returning from Kosovska Mitrovica.

In case Pristina fails to form the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo on its own, the Serbs have the full legitimacy and legality to do so.

The chairman of the Serbian National Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, said this on Tuesday, Tanjug reported.

BELGRADE - The Community of Serb Municipalities cannot be copied, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday, adding that there were no discussions about a substantial autonomy in any other country in the region or any other part of Serbian territory.

BRUSSELS - Establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities is among the key issues raised by Belgrade's delegation with EU representatives in Brussels, Marko Djuric, head of the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, said Tuesday.

Although it has committed itself to this at the top political level, Pristina is still unwilling to discuss the topic, he said.

The Belgrade-Pristina dialog will continue in Brussels November 28-30, the Beta agency has reported.

The talks will focus on the implementation of the agreements reached in connection with the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), the judiciary, telecommunications and freedom of movement.

BELGRADE - The director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, met with Portuguese Ambassador to Serbia Augusto Peixoto to brief him on the current state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, stressing the importance of a prompt formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities for the normalization of relations.

BELGRADE - There are no more excuses for delays on the Community of Serb Municipalities, the head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said at a meeting with Anna-Karin Enestrom, Director-General for Political Affairs at the Swedish Foreign Ministry, with whom he discussed the state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.