Dacic: Non-recognisers of so-called Kosovo want clarification on Chapter 35

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday Belgrade had information EU member states that did not recognise the so-called Kosovo had requested clarification on a potential inclusion of the Ohrid Agreement into Chapter 35 of Serbia's EU accession talks and time to take positions that would not harm them and their interests.

Dacic said Serbia was "under barrage fire" that was also aimed at making full implementation of the Ohrid deal - including the sections Serbia had not accepted - a part of Chapter 35, and noted that this made Serbia's EU path pointless because it could not accept UN membership for the so-called Kosovo.

There is also an attempt of politicising the Serbian elections in the European Parliament, Dacic said, noting that this was a "political trick" with an underlying "anti-Serb policy", and that the conclusion would be that the so-called Kosovo needed to be recognised by Serbia and other non-recognisers, as well as that Serbia must impose sanctions on Russia, reduce its cooperation with China and condemn Republika Srpska.

"That is why I think that all those who support the European Parliament resolution are working against Serbian interests, and I also spoke about this before the elections," Dacic said.