[新頭殼newtalk] “The president (Vučić) says – Serbia is pushed to the wall”. “Russia Today” (RT) reported on this topic that Serbian President Vucic said after the meeting of the National Security Council on the 11th local time that Serbia is facing a difficult night. He also accused Pristina (Kosovo authorities) and Washington of a lack of respect for any agreement that had been reached. Serbia’s “B92 Website” also reported Vucic’s statement that day.
“RT” stated that when Vucic made the above speech, tensions in Pristina and Belgrade increased. In the past weekend, some Serbs set up roadblocks in the northern part of the Kosovo region to protest.
The escalation in tensions in Kosovo’s predominantly Serbian north was sparked by the arrest of a former police officer accused of assaulting a Kosovo law enforcement patrol. Kosovo Serbs exchanged fire with police in the north on Sunday, and local elections in the region, scheduled for Sunday, will be postponed until 2023.
“RT” reported that Vucic accused Pristina on the 11th of causing tension and that “a considerable part of the international community participated” in the plans of the Kosovo authorities.
Internationally, information about the situation in Kosovo is full of “direct distortions and outright lies”, Vucic said, while in reality “our people are fighting a difficult struggle for survival”.
According to the report, Vucic also said that the 11th was the “hardest” day since he became the president of Serbia. He urged Serbs in northern Kosovo to “remain calm and peaceful and not be provoked by provocations”, and he specifically asked Serbs in the region to refrain from any provocative actions against EULEX and peacekeeping forces led by the EU and NATO.
Vucic said Belgrade had received “assurances” from KFOR that it would not take “violent actions” against the protesters. “We will do everything we can to maintain peace and stability,” he added.
At the same time, “RT” said that Vucic accused the United States of not respecting the agreement reached with Belgrade and siding with the Kosovo authorities against Serbia. Vucic said that Washington has raised Kosovo as a “child” for about 20 years and insists that the United States is now “protecting” him.
“I have a question for our American partners: which agreements did Pristina respect, and which agreements did the Americans respect?” Vucic scolded.
“Kada Al Jazeera” stated on the 11th that as the situation in Kosovo continued to be tense, Vucic asked NATO on the 10th to allow it to deploy Serbian troops and police in the Kosovo area.
The current force in Kosovo is the NATO Kosovo Peace Implementation Force. “We will ask the commander of the Kosovo Peace Implementation Force to ensure (we) deploy the army and police of the Republic of Serbia to the Kosovo and Metohija regions.” Vucic made the above request at a press conference in Belgrade on the 10th, but he He also expressed “no illusions” that NATO would accept the request. He also said that Belgrade will formally submit the appeal file on the 12th or 13th.
“Archyde.com” said on the 10th that this is the first time that Serbia has requested the deployment of troops in Kosovo in accordance with relevant UN resolutions.
Under UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Serbia could deploy 1,000 military, police and customs personnel to Kosovo Orthodox religious sites, Serb-majority areas and border crossings if the commander of NATO forces in Kosovo approves.
The Kosovo authorities said on the 10th that Serbia’s move would constitute “an act of aggression” and that “Serbia has a tendency to destabilize the region.” The European Union has warned that Serbia and Kosovo had better resolve their dispute peacefully and normalize relations if they want to qualify for membership.
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