Company "Rio Tinto" she announced after they environmental activists entered the "Hilton" hotel, where the company organized a cocktail party, judging that "certain opponents of the 'Jadar' project tried to prevent the holding of the New Year's party with the media by means of threats, intimidation and violent actions."
The statement of "Rio Tinta" also states that certain opponents of the "Jadar" project are trying to challenge the right of that company to operate in Serbia under conditions that apply to all others with unfounded accusations.
Representatives of the "Ne damo Jadar" association and environmental activists, with whistles and banners, entered the Belgrade Hilton hotel tonight, where the Rio Tinto company's New Year's cocktail was being held.
"We are talking about a group of opponents of the project who base their actions on the spread of false news about the project, intimidation and implicit and explicit threats of violence against the company's employees, as well as on the continuous rejection of dialogue based on scientifically based facts," they state from "Rio Tinta".
As announced, "Rio Tinto respects the right of citizens of Serbia to peaceful protest in accordance with Serbian regulations and condemns any form of violence and discrimination."
Bralović: We want to tell them that they will not dig
Let us remind you that after entering the Hilton hotel, the gathered activists, citizens and students shouted the slogans "Rio Tinto march from Serbia", "murderers", "rebellion"...
"I hope we can find a hall where there is a cocktail because we want to tell them not to dig and not to spend their money because there will be no one to pay them back." Aleksandar Vućić will soon either go to prison or flee the country, so they will have no one to grab by the neck and demand back what they have invested. Rio TInto is losing on all fronts, both Europe and their home country Australia have turned against them. They are hated so much that it is best to retire on time because there is a drop in both the rating and the stock. Everything that happened after January 20, 2020 is exclusively their business risk and we are not interested, because the project was stopped then. Let them start doing something else, they can do agriculture because that is the future," said Ljiljana Bralović, from SEOS.
Some opposition politicians came with the activists. Since the gathered did not manage to find the room where the Rio Tinto cocktail party was organized, they left the hotel.
The participants of the rally previously spread a banner with the inscription "Corruption kills" in front of the hotel.
In addition, the protesters carried banners with other inscriptions, blowing whistles and demanding to speak with representatives of the Rio Tinto company.
Traffic in Kralja Milana Street in front of the Hilton Hotel in Belgrade was briefly stopped during the protest.
Traffic was blocked for 15 minutes.
