Pristina "allowed Djuric to travel to Kosovo"

Pristina "allowed Djuric to travel to Kosovo"

PRISTINA, KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric was given permission by authorities in Kosovo to visit on April 27 and 28.

The Beta agency is quoting its sources in the Kosovo government who said that Djuric asked for permission through "Kosovo's liaison office in Serbia," and that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo approved it."

Beta added that last week, "after the refusal of Serbian authorities to enable the stay and participation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Hashim Thaci in a conference (in Belgrade)" Djuric was initially not given permission to travel to Kosovo, which was interprested in Pristina "as a measure of reciprocity because of the attitude towards Thaci."

Thaci was informed by Serbian authorities that there was a valid warrant for his arrest and that if he would be detained if he traveled to Belgrade.

Other senior officials of government in Pristina said at the time they would "consider all requests by Djuric and other senior officials of Serbia to travel to Kosovo, and decide on each request," the news agency said.

After it was announced that Pristina would not give him permission to travel to Kosovo, Djuric last week commented, "See you in Kosovo."

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