Kosovo flag in Pristina. File photoBELGRADE, Aug 27The agreement on entry and exit from Kosovo with personal documents issued by Belgrade and Pristina, reached on Saturday, kept peace in the province and ensured freedom of movement for Kosovo Serbs, said Petar Petkovic, director of the office for Kosovo and Metohija under the Serbian government. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Saturday, that the Serbian leadership is ready to partially accept the demands of the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina on entry documents to the region under certain conditions and EU guarantees. Then the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, confirmed that Belgrade and Pristina had managed to reach an agreement on the entry and exit to Kosovo and Metohija of Serbs and Albanians with personal documents. «Thanks to the determined diplomatic efforts of President Aleksandar Vucic, today we received the necessary EU guarantees and reached an agreement on freedom movement and Serbian documents. By doing so, we ensured peace and stability in Kosovo and Metohija and preserved Serbian personal documents for the Serbs south and north of the Ibar River,» Petkovic was quoted by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija. «This is crucial for the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija , despite all obstacles and coercion, we were able to preserve Serbian personal documents for our people in the province, and thus the presence of Serbia in this territory.Every Serb south and north of Ibra, without exception, will be able to live, work, travel and pass administrative points normally and without problems transition,» the representative of the Serbian authorities emphasized. He he also provided the text of the clarification that will be posted at the checkpoint between Kosovo and central Serbia.Vučić rejected the possibility of a Serbian military operation in Kosovo «Ensuring the use of personal documents issued by Pristina (Kosovo) is carried out solely for practical reasons in order to alleviate the situation of individuals and ensure freedom of movement in accordance with the agreement on freedom of movement reached in the dialogue in 2011, and cannot be interpreted as recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo and the predetermination of the final status of Kosovo, and cannot be considered as Belgrade's consent to derogate from UN Security Council Resolution 1244,» the clarification says. Regarding the re-registration of cars from license plates issued by the authorities Serbia for Kosovo license plates, the deadline for Pristina for local Serbs ends on October 31, the issue remains open, according to the President of Serbia. Slutsky said that the aggravation of the situation around Kosovo induced from outside
