Vučić: We can talk about everything, except for the recognition and membership of Kosovo in the UN

"Serbia is ready to work on the implementation of many things from the European plan for Kosovo, but we have made one clear and big remark - that there are no talks about mutual recognition, recognition, or Kosovo's membership in the United Nations," said Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.

"I told that to (French President Emmanuel) Macron and (German Chancellor Olaf) Scholz in Munich, and to all the great leaders, (European Union Special Envoy for Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue Miroslav) Lajčak and (EU High Representative Josep) Borelj know it , and repeated only that yesterday. It is about the fact that I do not want and cannot discuss mutual recognition, recognition, and Kosovo's entry into the UN," Vučić told RTS, talking about yesterday's talks with Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbina Kurtija in Brussels .

Vučić also said that he is open to talk about everything else, he reports N1.

"Not because it only takes us further in our European path, which is important, but because it is good for the relations between Serbs and Albanians. There are countless points that are important," said Vučić, speaking of the European proposal for an agreement on the path towards the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo.

Vučić said that the road map was not agreed upon at yesterday's meeting in Brussels, but that it is Serbia's position that recognition and membership of Kosovo in the UN cannot be included in the implementation plan, and that talks on this matter are forthcoming.

"We will work on the implementation plan of how to arrange regional representation, a very important topic, how to do the customs stamps according to the 2011 agreement of Borko Stefanović, we will work on how to arrange the freedom and flow of goods, capital and services, we will work on what are the rights of extraterritoriality to special protection for the Serbian Church," he said.

He explained that the European proposal has de facto become a framework for a non-negotiable negotiation process, but he emphasized that while he is in the position of president, he will not sign or accept formal or informal recognition of Kosovo, nor Kosovo's entry into the UN .

He emphasized that the first point in the implementation plan must be the formation of the Union of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO), and that only after that can other topics be discussed.

However, he expressed doubt that Pristina will form the ZSO in the near future.

When asked if someone at the meetings in Brussels told Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti that he had to form the ZSO, Vučić said: "Everyone tells him, and he replied that he promised the people that he would not fulfill it and we are in a stalemate again."

By rejecting the European proposal, Serbia would become a "pariah".

Vučić warned that by completely rejecting the EU proposal, Serbia would become a "pariah".

"In our country (in Serbia), conspiracy theories have an 'incredible popularity', people say that we negotiate secretly, but we never did anything secretly, we never hid anything (...) That proposal came as an idea of ​​Macron and Solz. They brought a paper, there was no possibility for negotiations, they said: 'Take it or leave it,'" explained Vučić.

He emphasized that it is important to consider the consequences of rejecting that plan: "stopping European integration, which means the end of further investments, increasing the level of unemployment, and we only have about 80.000 people working in German companies," said Vučić.

Responding to the accusations of certain politicians that he did "nothing" regarding the European proposal, Vučić said that he handed over to international representatives a "Serbian non-paper" on the resolution of the Kosovo issue.

"Here is our six-page response, our non-paper, based on international law. It was submitted to international representatives," said Vučić and showed the paper to the journalist.