Petkovic: The announcement from Pristina that the Kosovo Security Force can operate in the north of Kosovo is aimed at expelling the Serbs

The latest announcements by Kurti's officials that the so-called Security Forces of the so-called Kosovo can act on the territory of the entire province, including the north, is another alarming threat and ominous announcement from Pristina with the aim of expelling the Serbs from their centuries-old hearths, said the director of the Office for Kosovo, Petar Petkovic.

"It is clear to all international factors that the so-called KSF has nothing to do in the north of the province. However, Kurti and his agents obviously want to violate especially those agreements that preserve peace and guarantee the safety of the Serbs in Kosovo, because that is how they want to deal with our people in the province , especially with the Serbs in the north," Petkovic pointed out in a press release.

Petkovic reminded that in the agreement, which was signed and guaranteed by the then NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen with the authorities in Pristina in 2013, it is unequivocally stated that any military formations from Pristina cannot operate in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo, without prior double the approval of the KFOR commander and four mayors.

The Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija added that this guarantee was signed and adopted on the same day as the Brussels Agreement.  This additionally indicates that this document was also a condition for the Brussels Agreement.

"Let them not play with fire in Pristina and stop using inflammatory rhetoric and moves to further destabilize the security situation in Kosovo and Metohija, which they have already undermined with their unilateral and illegal and violent moves regarding the vehicle license plates. Belgrade will not allow anyone to make clay pigeons out of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija and will always be with his people, and international missions must be clearly defined according to this irresponsible and dangerous announcement by Kurti's associates who only want conflicts, tensions and new crises," said Petkovic.