Brnabić: I completely agree with Zaev on the issue of UNESCO and Kosovo

The Serbian Prime Minister said that she thought that the Prime Minister of Macedonia fully understood Serbia's message, and that a vote against the interests of Serbia would give a bad signal for the cooperation between the two countries.
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Ana Brnabić, Photo: Beta-AP
Ana Brnabić, Photo: Beta-AP
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Ažurirano: 26.08.2017. 18:50h

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said today in Durrës that she and her Macedonian colleague Zoran Zaev discussed the issue of Kosovo's membership in UNESCO and assessed that for the time being they have "complete agreement" on the matter. "I think we have complete agreement on that for now, that a possible vote at any time by Macedonia for Kosovo's membership in UNESCO is against the interests of Serbia and would not give a signal for good cooperation between Serbia and Macedonia," said Brnabić on the sidelines of the meeting of the presidents of the regional governments. in Durrës. She said that she thought that Serbia "said that clearly and loudly" and that the Prime Minister of Macedonia fully understood that message and added that she would not enter into speculations as to whether the issue would be on the agenda or not. Brnabić said that it was good that a meeting like this one in Durrës was held after the Western Balkans Summit in Trieste, and that today it was mostly about the implementation of the plan for regional economic integration agreed in Trieste and how it can be implemented so that it does not remain dead. letter on paper. "We agreed, and I think that is the biggest conclusion for today, that we have regional coordinators at the level of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, that in the next two to three weeks we will all give the names of those coordinators who will work together with the chambers on the implementation of action plans," she said. She said that today there were also meetings with representatives of the World Bank, that European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn was also there. "It seems to me that overall we have a much better cooperation and that as a region we will move forward together and give a message that as a region we are becoming much, much more stable," said Brnabić. The Prime Minister said that she will participate in the strategic forum in Bled on September 4, where she will meet with the Prime Minister of Slovenia and colleagues from the Slovenian government. "I'm looking forward to it, we have a lot of things that we initiated when I was in the previous government. After that, we'll see for another regional gathering," added Brnabić. In November, the Prime Minister of Macedonia was invited to visit Belgrade to agree on a joint session of the two governments. Brnabić said that European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn will soon visit Serbia, and that she talked with him a little about President Aleksandar Vučić's call for a national dialogue on Kosovo, but that Hahn will talk more about it when he visits Serbia.

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