Dusan Kozarev, Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, presented the Activity Report to the Committee members, stressing that in the reporting period the Office had provided regular support to residents of AP Kosovo-Metohija, internally displaced persons, and Serbs and non-Albanians under prosecution by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo-Metohija.

It also continued its assistance of the Serbian Orthodox Church and had paid 1,600,000,000.00 RSD for the recovery of Serbian Orthodox Church property on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija and the collection of documentation about said property.

Kozarev went on to say that in line with the funds earmarked in the national budget for the purpose, the Office had paid the wages and compensations to the employees of 29 local self-governments on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija, viz. 3,113,664,436.06 RSD.

He also said that a total of 50,618,000.00 RSD was secured for the Programme of allocation and use of agricultural incentives on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija.

“After the President’s visit to Laplje Selo on 20 January, it was determined that the Republic of Serbia needs to make a long-term investment into the development of agriculture on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija and additional 200 million RSD were allocated for the purpose”, said Kozarev.

In the reporting period the Office continued to invest into economic and infrastructural development projects and in the construction of housing and education facilities. The construction of 48 houses was realized to ensure sustainable return and survival on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija and Sun Valley returnee settlement was an investment priority.

Following a debate, the Committee members accepted the Office for Kosovo-Metohija Activity Report for the period January – December 2018 by majority vote.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Milovan Drecun, and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Aleksandar Markovic, Sonja Vlahovic, Snezana Paunovic, Mirko Krlic, Miodrag Linta, Jelena Mijatovic, Sonja Vlahovic, Aleksandar Cotric, Zvonimir Stevic, Haji Milorad Stosic, Filip Stojanovic, Nemanja Sarovic and Gordana Comic.