Serbian economy, defense ministers demand action plan against Kosovo independence

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Minister of economy and regional development of Serbia, head of G17+ Party Mladjan Dinkic stated on March 24 that plan of action against Kosovo independence should not be kept in secret any longer, Beta news agency informed.

“I do not understand why do we have to keep it secret. It is bad that certain things are published by the media and not discussed by the government,” he observed.

Dinkic is especially concerned with the fact that some of publicized plan provisions do not recommend that Serbian ministers meet with ministers of countries who have recognized Kosovo.

Serbian defense minister Dragan Šutanovac of Democratic Party has stated that he has not yet seen text of proposal submitted by minister for Kosovo and Metohia Slobodan Samardzic (Democratic Party of Serbia) to deputy head of UN mission in Kosovo Larry Rossin.

Šutanovac has stated at a press conference in Serbian General Headquarters that he would like to get familiarized with the plan content. “It is downright impossible that we do not discuss at a government session a platform of negotiation with UN mission with regard to Kosovo. They who think that they can stage everything behind the scenes, are wrong,” he stated.

Experts believe that ministers from the Democratic Party of Boris Tadic and its coalition partner G17+ are well aware of the agreement text that was, besides, published by Albanian media in Kosovo and Belgrade Večernje Novosti daily.

The ministers' reaction proves that on the eve of election, the acting technical government of Serbia is busy with political maneuvering, not achieving agreement on such a matter of national concern as the status of Kosovo and Metohia.