Andjelkovic: Pristina cannot demand anything from Belgrade

Former President of the Executive Council for Kosovo and Metohija, Zoran Andjelkovic, commented on Pristina's announcement that they would issue an arrest warrant and seek the extradition of former Vice President of the Serb List, Milan Radoicic, stating that this was a marketing move. He pointed out that Kosovo was not a member of Interpol and, in that sense, could not demand anything from Serbia, RTV reports.

"Belgrade takes action against Serbian citizens for what it believes has been done, and it does so for its own sake, not because someone in Pristina thinks this way or that way," Andjelkovic said.

He emphasized that this was not the first such move by Pristina.

"We have heard various marketing moves from Pristina, and they serve to feed lobbyists who have been campaigning against Serbia all this time. We have seen it these days too, and when they don't have enough information, it is enough for them to hear something and then condemn Serbia and accuse it of participating in something in which some citizens participated, obviously according to their own discretion, even though it was not beneficial for Serbia. Why they did it, they know best," Andjelkovic said.

Andjelkovic recalled numerous cases for which no one had ever been held accountable or charged, including the deaths of many Serbian police officers.

"It is not just about the murders of police officers and soldiers here; it is also about the kidnapping of a significant number of them, as well as civilians. Let's mention a few events: the murder at Radoniq Lake, the kidnapping in the Orahovac district, Belacevac, not to mention other crimes committed against the civilian population and against members of both Serbian and Albanian nationalities," Andjelkovic said.

There have been, as he says, incidents that occurred after the arrival of KFOR and UNMIK in Kosovo, such as the murder of harvesters.

"To this day, we have no outcome on that, not to mention Gorazdevac, where a child who was swimming was liquidated, Podujevo and the bus when they were going to memorial services. We have plenty of such events, both before and after 1999. There were no indictments, and likely no serious investigations because it did not lead to some accusatory proposal or criminal prosecution," Andjelkovic said.

He pointed out that in the past year, charges had been fabricated against the Serbs in Kosovo, and people are being arrested and detained without evidence.

"When the Serbs are on the agenda, as in this latest case, then everything is allowed," Andjelkovic said.