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The vice president of the People’s Party, Zdravko Ponos, said today that the visit of the US president’s envoy for the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, Richard Grenel, was part of his tour of Donald Trump’s electoral campaign, which includes Greece, Serbia and Israel, and aims to win votes from the diaspora in the United States.
Photo by Zdravko Ponos: FoNet / Nenad Djordjevic“It has nothing to do with relations between Serbs and Albanians, and the consequence could be an additional indebtedness of Serbia for the construction of the Nis-Pristina highway and the express railway,” Ponos told H1 television.
“I am not against infrastructure projects, but first let’s see what the price is. That is our money, not the money of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, and we are not talking about his winery.” Before we borrow, we should see if that road and rail are the most important for us, as well as if the loan terms are acceptable to us in a situation where we treat children with text messages and hospitals are in shambles, “said Ponos.
Ponos explained that “the money in the American Development Bank is private, and they borrow it from other countries that guarantee that the United States will return it, while the Chinese have something different, because they finance state projects with state money, and again the states do so. guarantee “.
“Both are traps and slide into additional loans. There is no free lunch,” Ponos said, according to the Popular Party press service.
Ponos said that everything that will be agreed with Grenel in Belgrade will look like a document previously signed in Pristina, which is a joint statement with no essential content, and that the special question is what will happen to those promises if Donald Trump loses in November. elections.
“It’s great to have good relations with the United States, with our neighbors and with some administration in Pristina, if possible.” The question is the price and if it is our priority, if it was discussed in the Assembly and in the media, of course not, because we do not have an Assembly or a government, ”said Ponos.
Vučić showed in Washington that he is ready for an unexpected slip on the Kosovo issue, while constantly swearing to Moscow that he expects their support on the crucial day at the UN Security Council, where Russia and China have the handbrake. . They could put their hand down if Serbia raises Kosovo’s hand, and Vučić is on his way to do so if he hasn’t already done so, “Ponos said.
Ponos said that Russia now “is probably estimating the value of Kosovo’s shares” and if it estimates that they are falling, it could reconsider Moscow’s commitment to Resolution 1244, which Vucic does not mention at all.
Asked about the leadership of the Belgrade committee of the People’s Party, Ponos replied that he would not be a candidate for mayor or “the face of the Belgrade People’s Party” in the 2022 elections.
“We want to tighten the game after some breaks we had and that job belonged to me. “We will prepare the party organization for the elections, create a team and promote a team approach,” Ponos said.
Asked whether he was talking about a joint commitment within the opposition or the plans of the Popular Party, Ponos replied that “opposition talks are always slow and inert, that too much energy should not be spent trying to do everything together.”
“It doesn’t make sense to spend two years on who will mow the grass and who will carry the water.” Coordination is needed, but each organization has to do its share of the work, “Ponos said.
“The Popular Party is ready for teamwork and to support the best, regardless of whether they are members of the Popular Party.” We need experts on city issues, not general practice politicians. In both Serbia and Belgrade, we need one of our Krivokapić surrounded by professionals, “added Ponoš.
Asked if it is possible “to find some Krivokapic in Serbia as in Montenegro”, Ponos replied that it is “because in Serbia it can be bigger, and that means worse and better than in Montenegro”.
“They found Djukanovic, we even worse: Vucic. They found Krivokapic, I think we can do even better,” said Ponos.
Asked if it was possible to reach the necessary agreement in the opposition on joint candidacies, Ponos replied that he is not sure, but that it is necessary to work on it and that there is time.
When asked about the relationship between the Popular Party and Dragan Djilas’ Freedom and Justice Party, Ponos said that “again there were acquisitions of some members of the Popular Party by the SAA.”
“We think that it is not good for the functioning of the opposition, and those are things we have to talk about, because they complicate relations in the opposition.” We don’t think it’s time to hit the table. There are problems that have not been overcome ”, concluded Ponos.
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