Dacic: Serbian Orthodox Church must work on relationship with Vatican

BELGRADE - It must be said clearly whether Kosovo-Metohija is a Serbian national project or not, and the Serbian Orthodox Church must work on its relationship with the Vatican because having the pope on our side is in the interest of Serbia, says FM Ivica Dacic.

"We must all decide whether Kosovo-Metohija is our national project or not - the president or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot be the only ones involved in it," Dacic said on Pink TV on Sunday evening.

He said Pristina had been maintaining informal contacts with the Vatican for some time now.

"I think it is time for the Serbian Orthodox Church, above all, to work on that," Dacic said, noting that former Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic had invited the pope to Serbia but that the invitation had been cancelled at the request of some Serbian Orthodox Church archbishops.

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