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Kosovo Gov't to form six working groups for Northern Kosovo

10. March 2010. | 09:48

Source: Tanjug

The government made this decision at a regular session Monday, and a group for the law implementation, group for the return, reconciliation and inter-ethnic dialogue and group for social-economic development will be formed

The Kosovo interim government will form six working groups for the implementation of the strategy for the northern Kosovo, and the groups will comprise of the representatives of the government, the opposition and the civil sector, with the intention of Pristina reaching a unity in the implementation of the plan, the Pristina press reports Tuesday.

The government made this decision at a regular session Monday, and a group for the law implementation, group for the return, reconciliation and inter-ethnic dialogue and group for social-economic development will be formed.

The three remaining groups are for the reform of the local self-government, group for the provision of public services and group for communication.

President of the Kosovo interim government Hasim Taci said that the activities of the six groups will be monitored by a special financial fund.

With the strategy for the northern Kosovo, the Kosovo interim government and the International Civilian Office intend to integrate the northern part of the province, where Serbs are a majority population.

However, the Serbs in the north are opposed to Pristina's strategy, expressing their commitment to Belgrade.

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