Petkovic wrote to the Quint: I expect the Quint to reject and condemn Svecla's slanders about Civil Protection

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of Serbia, Petar Petkovic, sent a letter to the Quint countries and the European Union in which he denied the claims of Kosovo Minister Xhelal Svecla that he was at the top of the structure of the "Civil Protection", which, by the way, Pristina had declared a terrorist organization in June of this year, Kosovo Online learned from diplomatic sources. Petkovic stated in the letter that Civil Protection had been disbanded based on the agreement reached in the Brussels Dialogue in 2015.

He emphasized that he expected the Quint to unequivocally reject and condemn Svecla's slanders since, as stated in the letter, the gravity of publicly stated falsehoods demanded it.

"I hereby express a sharp reaction to the fact that the Pristina minister Xhelal Svecla, without any evidence or foundation, at a press conference held in Pristina on December 23, 2023, marked me as the top of the structure of the organization he called 'Civil Protection' - which was declared by the Pristina regime as some kind of 'terrorist organization'. I believe that you are well aware that Civil Protection, based on the agreement reached in the Brussels Dialogue in 2015, was then disbanded, and its members were subsequently legally and under EU supervision integrated into Pristina institutions", the letter states.

Petkovic stated that he had never led or been at the top of the mentioned organization's structure, emphasizing that it was "pure lies". He pointed out that such arbitrary assessments were made to attempt to discredit him as the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija and the chief negotiator in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. He also noted that he was convinced that this was an intention to criminalize both the Serbs as a whole and the state of Serbia.

"The ultimate goal of such attacks is obstruction and consequently stopping the dialogue, as well as additional blockage and prohibition from visiting the territory of Kosovo and Metohija and performing the job entrusted to me legitimately", Petkovic's letter states.

He pointed out that Belgrade was the party that had shown full commitment to the normalization process of relations with Pristina and that such falsehoods towards legitimately elected representatives of the state of Serbia did not contribute to this process.

It is worth noting that Svecla, during a press conference on December 23, revealed the alleged organizational structure of Civil Protection, in which, as shown in the photos at the time, the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, was positioned at the top.