Drecun: No EU mechanism or bureaucrats can make Belgrade recognise so-called Kosovo

BELGRADE - The chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on defence and interior affairs Milovan Drecun said on Thursday no mechanism of the EU or some European bureaucrats would be able to make Belgrade accept to recognise the false state of "Kosovo."

Drecun was commenting on a statement by Tobi Vogel of the Democratisation Policy Council that the nomination of Estonian Kaja Kallas as the new EU foreign security and policy chief was positive for Pristina as she would take a much sterner attitude towards Belgrade "in terms of policy and atmosphere" compared to current incumbent Josep Borrell and EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak.

If a firmer stance is to be taken to achieve progress in the dialogue, Pristina is the party that should be on the receiving end of it, Drecun told Tanjug.

"Anyone who might attempt to misuse...