Šole And Eskobar ZSO Everything But Not The New Republika Srpska How America Sees The Union Of Serbian Municipalities

The authorities in Pristina, on the other hand, believe that the goal of Belgrade is that by establishing the Union of Serbian Municipalities (in Pristina the term association is used) it has an instrument that could undermine the order of Kosovo, to create an entity that would be loyal to the authorities in Belgrade, and not to the Constitution and to the Government of the country in which it is located How Pristina Sees the JSO With that in mind, the two American diplomats are asking Kosovo to present its vision for the JSO, and the US is willing to provide expertise and political support to ensure that it functions in the best interest of all Kosovo residents.

According to the European-American plan, the ZSO would be a structure for municipalities with an ethnically serbian majority population that would coordinate issues of education, health care, urban and rural planning and local economic development In other words, functions for which all municipalities in Kosovo are responsible, and the formation of the ZSO should improve people's daily lives, create trust between ethnic Serbs and the central government, ensure greater connectivity between the north and the rest of the country, and create a mechanism for fuller participation of Serbs in Kosovo's civic life.

Similar arrangements within the European Union Šole and Escobar remind that the EU special representative Miroslav Lajčak pointed out that there are 14 similar arrangements within the EU, none of which violates the European systems of effective governance Two Americans offer Kosovo that within the dialogue with Belgrade, which is conducted with the support of the EU, it can reject options that threaten its legal structure, but it cannot refuse to fulfill its obligations.

And when America, known as the country that supports Kosovo and the Kosovar people the most in the world, says that, this means that they will definitely take care that ZSO does not undermine its constitutional and legal structure What should ZSO and what shouldn't it be What would the Association/Community of municipalities with a majority serbian population look like? Municipalities with common interests, language and culture could, through the economy and the exchange of best practices, work together more effectively to solve common challenges in the provision of public services.

For example, municipalities could develop a Serbian-language curriculum for local schools in several municipalities, instead of working in a vacuum and duplicating efforts What should the Association/Community of municipalities with a serbian majority population not be? It will not be a new additional level of government in addition to the executive and legislative powers that already exist.

Bosniaks and others, whose rights must also be ensured and protected Remarks of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo The lack of guarantees that the Association/Community of Serbian Municipalities will be open to all ethnic groups and that it will function within the structure of the Kosovo legal framework caused the most concern of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, which recommended that the original proposal - the one that had already been negotiated and signed in Brussels - do not reject, but adapt to Kosovo's constitutional order.

A historic moment Two American diplomats confirmed the commitment of the USA to building the future of Kosovo as a sovereign, multi-ethnic and independent country that is integrated into the euro-atlantic structures And, the text says, among the most important goals of the US in the Western Balkans is providing assistance in creating conditions for a peaceful and sustainable relationship between Serbia and Kosovo, so for the past few weeks, together with the representatives of France, Germany, Italy and the EU, they were in Belgrade and Pristina to encourage both sides to accept the EU's proposal for the two countries to normalize relations, end the cycle of crisis and confrontation, and make decisive progress in their European integration.

It also says that this is a "historic" moment that should not be missed MN/FoNet/Kossev Read daily news, analysis, comments and interviews at www.

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