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As part of this debate, I would like to highlight the deterioration in respect for the religious rights of the Romanians living in Timoc Valley in Serbia. We are talking here about a community of more than 100 000 Romanians.
I would like to take the opportunity to express my concern regarding the decision of the town council in the Serbian town of Negotin to demolish the foundations of a Romanian-language Orthodox church, even though the priest, Boian Alexandru, had obtained the necessary approvals. This would be the second church for Romanians living in Serbia. For his audacity in constructing the first one, Father Alexandru was given a two-month suspended sentence. I would like to emphasise that Serbia has undertaken, in accordance with Article 5 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, to respect human rights and protect ethnic and religious minorities.
I would like to end with an extract from a letter from Father Alexandru, where he expresses the hope that the Serbian authorities will not demolish this church where services will be held in Romanian. I quote: ‘… to help us, too, to obtain these rights in our country, where we live, Serbia, so that we can at least have our own church and school and be able to speak Romanian.’"@en1
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