{"id":17635,"date":"2021-07-19T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=17635"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:25:10","slug":"vucic-makes-statement-before-kurti-meeting-giving-up-is-not-an-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vucic-makes-statement-before-kurti-meeting-giving-up-is-not-an-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Vucic makes statement just before Brussels meeting: \u2018Giving up is not an option\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic declared before his meeting with Kosovo\u2019s PM Albin Kurti in Brussels that giving up is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that it\u2019s never nice to travel to and stay in Brussels, when you\u2019re having to discuss with Albanian representatives, but according to him, everything is being done for the sake of keeping peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is never nice to travel to and stay in Brussels, when you are discussing with Albanian representatives. However, it is important for Serbia because by acting this way, we are helping our people, by keeping peace and stability, which are of fundamental importance for the economic development of all of Serbia. On the plane, as always, since back in my university days, I revise the material and get ready for difficult meetings. Giving up is not an option,\u201d wrote Vucic on his social media account.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the director of the Office for Kosovo at the government of Serbia, Petar Petkovic announced that in today\u2019s meeting, the Serbian side will insist on the formation of an association of Serbian-majority communes.<\/p>\n<p>Petkovic, who will be in Brussels as a member of Belgrade\u2019s delegation, said that they will insist on other important matters as well, including the issue of the missing persons.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Kosovar side claims that several deals signed between both countries, aren\u2019t being fully respected by Serbia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/19\/todays-kurti-vucic-meeting-in-brussels-serbia-to-demand-association-of-serb-majority-communes\/\">Today\u2019s Kurti-Vucic meeting in Brussels, Serbia to demand association of Serb majority communes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/18\/kurti-vucic-meeting-analysts-advise-kosovo-to-not-accept-every-proposal-made-by-serbia\/\">Kurti-Vucic meeting, analysts advise Kosovo to not accept every proposal made by Serbia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/29\/rama-vucic-and-zaev-make-joint-appeals-to-the-eu-and-the-u-s\/\"><strong>Balkan leaders \u2013 Rama, Vucic and Zaev make joint appeals to EU and the U.S.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic declared before his meeting with Kosovo\u2019s PM Albin Kurti in Brussels that giving up is not an option. He also added that it\u2019s never nice to travel to and stay in Brussels, when you\u2019re having to discuss with Albanian representatives, but according to him, everything is being done for the sake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":17636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vucic makes statement just before Brussels meeting: \u2018Giving up is not an option\u2019 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vucic-makes-statement-before-kurti-meeting-giving-up-is-not-an-option\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vucic makes statement just before Brussels meeting: \u2018Giving up is not an option\u2019 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic declared before his meeting with Kosovo\u2019s PM Albin Kurti in Brussels that giving up is not an option. 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