B92
November 5, 2022
Clear message from NATO: “KFOR is ready to intervene”
NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoană, spoke with the European Union’s special representative for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajčak.
Geoană stated in a post on Twitter that Kosovo and Serbia must show restraint and prevent escalation.
“Spoke to EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak about the tense situation in northern Kosovo. Both Belgrade & Pristina must show restraint & prevent escalation”, NATO KFOR Commander Mircea Geoana said.
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Earlier this evening, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Mircea Geoană said that KFOR is ready to intervene if stability in the north of Kosovo and Metohija is threatened and called on Belgrade and Pristina to “show restraint and prevent escalation”.
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B92
November 4, 2022
On Sunday, Serbian flag will be waved: Large general gathering of Serbs was scheduled
A large general meeting of the Serbian people in Kosovska Mitrovica is scheduled for Sunday.
As we learn, the entire north of Kosovo will be decorated with the Serbian flag, which should show the Pristina authorities in which country the Serbian people live and whose north of Kosovo is.
As it was announced, every Serb will bring the flag of the country to which he belongs to that great general meeting of the Serbian people.
In this way, the Serbian people in Kosovo will clearly and unequivocally show in which country they live and that they do not agree to be oppressed or humiliated.
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Tanjug
November 5, 2022
Vucic holds series of meetings on situation in Kosovo-Metohija
BELGRADE – After cancelling his trips abroad due to developments in Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held several meetings on the situation on Saturday – with the Serbian government, foreign ambassadors and Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
In an Instagram post after a nearly two-hour meeting with the patriarch, also attended by Serbian FM Ivica Dacic and Republika Srpska President-elect Milorad Dodik, Vucic wrote that he had expressed concern over challenges and pressure but that there was determination to strongly defend vital national and state interests.
In the morning, Vucic attended an extraordinary government session to report to the PM and cabinet members on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.
In a statement after the session, he said Serbia would not give up on a responsible policy of peace and stability.
Vucic also had separate meetings with the Chinese and Russian ambassadors to Belgrade, Chen Bo and Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, and a telephone conversation with US Ambassador Christopher Hill.
According to a statement released by the Presidency of Serbia, Vucic told Hill Belgrade was committed to respect of international law and all signed agreements relating to Kosovo-Metohija, while [U.S. Ambassador Christopher] Hill demanded from him that Serbia act in a “responsible and serious manner and take no part in any way in threatening regional peace and stability.”
At the meeting with Botsan-Kharchenko, Vucic voiced concern over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, caused by Pristina’s unilateral acts and failure to respect the Brussels Agreement, while the Russian ambassador said he would convey all the presented information to Moscow.
Thanking Vucic for briefing her on the latest developments in Kosovo-Metohija, Chen said China maintained a consistent position on the issue, and added that Pristina must start forming a Community of Serb Municipalities as soon as possible and as agreed under the Brussels Agreement.
Meanwhile, in a reaction to Pristina’s most recent moves, political representatives of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs unanimously decided to leave its institutions, including the bodies of the four majority-Serb municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, judicial authorities and the local police and administration.
They said the decision would remain in effect until Pristina started complying with existing agreements and formed a Community of Serb Municipalities.
After the representatives’ meeting, held in Zvecan, a group of Serb police officers in the north of Kosovo-Metohija took off their uniforms in a symbolic gesture.
The decision to abandon Pristina’s institutions was met with backing from Belgrade.
In a statement, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic expressed full support and understanding for the representatives’ conclusions and the decision to abandon the institutions, which he said was a clear expression of an intent to defend the Brussels process and the Community of Serb Municipalities as the only guaranteed mechanism for building the collective rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.
Pristina-based media reported Pristina’s special police units had entered Kosovska Mitrovica and were on their way to the north of the province, but the report was subsequently denied by a Kosovo Police spokesman in Pristina.
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