The Serb List: Kurti wants to solve the problem through militarization instead of dialogue

The Serb List assessed today that the statement of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, saying that "no one will stop him in the north or the south" and that he would engage an additional 500 police officers and 600 KSF members next year, was an obvious threat to the Serbs in both northern and southern Kosovo.

"Despite clear calls from the international community to stop further escalation and for Pristina to start de-escalation and the formation of the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities, Albin Kurti today made a statement that no one would stop him in the north or the south and that he would engage an additional 500 police officers and 600 KSF members for this purpose next year, which is an obvious threat to the Serbs in both northern and southern Kosovo and Metohija", the statement by the Serb List reads.

As stated, the formation of additional mono-ethnic armed formations at this moment reflects an evident desire to resolve issues through the militarization of this area and armed formations, instead of through dialogue.

It is added that the weight of this threat is even greater, as Kurti has previously stated that half of the Serbs should be expelled, half should be arrested, and the Serbs would pay and suffer.

"Then the Serbs were beaten, arrested, oppressed, and the world silently watched. That is why we call on international actors to speak up and prevent Kurti's plans, which, if realized, would mean the expulsion of the Serbs from their centuries-old hearths and the creation of a police state in the making", the Serb List's statement reads.