Andjelkovic: By seizing the property of Serbia’s Post, Pristina is sending a message that MTS is not welcome either

Director of Serbia’s Post, Zoran Andjelkovic, commented on yesterday’s raid by Kosovo police on the closed post office building in Priluzje, stating that by seizing the property of Serbia’s Post in Kosovo, the authorities in Pristina are sending a message that Telekom — and specifically MTS — is also not welcome, given that a significant number of Serbia’s post office buildings in Kosovo also house Telekom (MTS) exchanges.

“All post offices of Serbia’s Post have been closed, including the one in Priluzje, but yesterday they broke down the back door, took everything out of the premises including the air conditioner, and then brought in workers of Kosovo Post. They’ve done the same in Zvecan and other areas in northern Kosovo,” he told K1 television.

Andjelkovic said that no one announced the raid in Priluzje — Kosovo police simply appeared with some enforcement officers, broke down the back door, entered the building, and then left a Kosovo Post van and a police car in front of the post office to deter citizens from protesting.

“No post offices are operating in Kosovo. Back in the first wave of asset seizures and closures, we opened a small post office at the Merdare crossing. Now we’re even finalizing a space on the other side of the street near the administrative crossing, where staff from Kosovo and Metohija, including from Pristina and Gracanica, will work,” he explained.

As for northern Kosovo, Andjelkovic said that the renovation of an old post office building, previously out of service, is nearing completion, and added that the building will include an ATM, exchange office, and counters for Serbia’s Post.

When asked why the West remains silent on all developments in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, Andjelkovic stated that the goal of the international community — particularly the West — is to complete the war and achieve the wartime objectives they failed to realize in 1999, namely the seizure of part of Serbia’s territory.

“Since that process is still not completed for them, the war is still ongoing in their eyes, in order to achieve the final goal of seizing part of the territory and forcing Serbia to recognize that seizure. Everything that happens during that process is met with tacit support, and calls for dialogue are just empty phrases,” he stated.

Andjelkovic believes that neither the West nor Prime Minister Albin Kurti truly care about dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, because they know that in such dialogue, they would have to adhere to international norms, laws, and UN Resolution 1244.

A sign for Kosovo Post was placed yesterday on the building in Priluzje where Serbia’s Post had recently operated.