The Prime Minister of Kosova, Albin Kurti will hold a meeting with the special representative of the European Union for the Kosova-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak.

It is known that previously the Slovak diplomat had a meeting with the deputy prime minister and chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi in the government building.

Lajcak comes to Kosova after the high-level meeting in the framework of the dialogue, on May 2, between Prime Minister Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

On May 2 in Brussels, the parties agreed on the Declaration on the Disappeared, where both countries would increase efforts to clarify the fate of 1,643 persons missing from the last war.

While, at this meeting, the draft statute of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority was presented by the management team, now dismissed, composed of Serbs chosen by the head of the Serbian List, Goran Rakic, at the time he was deputy prime minister in the Hoti Government.

The draft has 67 articles and is divided into nine chapters, such as: general provisions, community issues, organizational structure, membership in the Association and relations between member municipalities, assets and income, forms of direct decision-making, changes in the Association’s statute, dissolution of the Association and transitional and final provisions.

It states that the Association will be a special form of organization, established for the purpose of protecting human rights and minorities living in the municipalities that are part of the Association.

Prime Minister Kurti has called this draft statute unacceptable while presenting his vision for Serb self-management based on the Croatian model otherwise known as the National Council of Serbs in Croatia.

This council “is a non-profit legal entity”. It has its own seal and symbols, which were created in accordance with the Croatian Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities. It also has the presidency, the assembly, the supervisory board, the president and the council.

Some of the goals of the National Council of Serbs in Croatia include: promotion and realization of rights in the field of culture, education, economy and other interests of Serbs, as well as protection of national, cultural, linguistic and religious identity.

The statute specifies that this council operates in the field of human rights, religious rights and freedoms, development of the local community, sustainable development, development of rural areas and agriculture, etc.

It cooperates with state, central and local institutions, with governmental and non-governmental organizations and institutions, as well as with international organizations.

Members of this council are representatives of the Serbian national minority. It is financed from the Croatian budget, but also from funds received from international organizations and institutions, donations, own revenues, EU funds and other arrangements that are in accordance with Croatian law.

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