PM at UN: Serbia's new face; Kosovo as Pandora's Box

Brnabic presented Serbia's new face and the results achieved so far, and as an unavoidable topic, mentioned the issue of Kosovo.

"I will say this: in looking for our way out of this and in striving to build a better world for all of us, we all need to start from ourselves and the things we must do by ourselves, first and foremost as individuals, then our countries, then our regions, then our continents and then the united world that we are. We, once more, need to start bringing the nations of the world together, much like 70 or so years ago," Brnabic said, and added:

"The basic value of the European Union, much like the basic value of the United Nations, is: peace. It's not economy, or trade, or bigger market. It's peace. All of these other things, and much, much more, came, and will always come, as a spillover effect of peace. European Union is a peace project, and a successful one.
And we want, we need, to be part of it - so there is sustainable peace, and consequently stability and prosperity, in the Balkans - this troubled region of the world that used to known as the powder keg of Europe."

According to her, "Serbia is trying very hard to leave this in the past and grow to become more reasonable, instead of more emotional; more pragmatic, instead of immersed in myths; proud of its victories and not of its losses; a country which is building unexpected friendships, in place of traditional animosities."

"We've embarked on a comprehensive public administration reform with one simple goal: for it to become citizen-focused. We are reminding, on a daily basis, our administration, all of us, that we are there to serve, and not to be served," the prime minister said, and noted that her country "of today" is committed to ...