Prime minister, ministers travel to Kosovo

Prime minister, ministers travel to Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and a number of members of his cabinet will be in Kosovo and Metohija on Wednesday.

They will visit Pasjane, Strpce, and Gracanica. According to announcements, this will be "the first time since 1999 that a Serbian prime minister travels to Pasjane, Strpce, and Kosovsko Pomoravlje."

The officials will attend the opening of a maternity ward in Pasjane, and meet with members of the local community in Strpce.

Vucic will also attend the unveiling of a monument to Serbian King Milutin, the work of sculptor Zoran Jezdimirovic and three local artists, built from the funds of the municipality on the Center for Peace and Tolerance's initiative.

In Gracanica, they will hold a meeting with Vladeta Kostic, the Civil Initiative Srpska candidate for mayor, and Branimir Stojanovic, who was mayor until now.

The prime minister will travel to the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Gracanica and see Bishop Teodosije. He will also hold a meeting with presidents of municipalities with a Serb majority, Serb provincial ministers and Serb deputies in the assembly of Kosovo, presidents of temporary organs and heads of districts.

Vucic will be accompanied by ministers of defense, justice, interior affairs, health, and labor, while "the host of the visit" will be Marko Djuric, who heads the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija.