Drecun: French-German plan not take-it-or-leave-it deal, but platform

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Friday a French-German plan was not a final agreement on the Kosovo-Metohija issue but a platform for further discussions.

Serbia must take part in discussions about the plan, Drecun said at a special parliament session on Kosovo-Metohija.

He explained the plan was not a "take-it-or-leave it deal" and added that it envisioned three steps and further discussions following a fundamental agreement.

He dismissed as malicious allegations by some MPs that the plan was an ultimatum and that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had signed or accepted something.

He noted that international officials such as Derek Chollet and Miroslav Lajcak had said the plan was not final, and added that even Pristina's PM Albin Kurti saw the plan as a platform for discussions.

"We should treat the plan as a platform - discussions are necessary, but after the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities in line with the Brussels Agreement," Drecun said.

He said that was also included in a ten-point plan presented by Vucic and meant that there was no request for Serbia to recognise the so-called Kosovo and agree to its membership in the UN.