Vucevic: Kurti is using last night's events to bring KSF to Northern Kosovo

The Prime Minister of Serbia, Milos Vucevic, expressed concerns that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti is exploiting last night's events in Kosovo to increase pressure and escalate attacks on the Serbian community, aiming to bring the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into northern Kosovo.

“Kurti's primary pressure tactic is to secure permission for the so-called Kosovo Security Forces to enter northern Kosovo, where they are currently prohibited. He is leveraging last night’s events to pressure the so-called international community to compel KFOR to allow Kosovo Security Forces into northern Kosovo and Metohija, where their presence is not permitted,” Vucevic stated in response to a journalist's question in Nevesinje. The question referred to this morning's raids by Kosovo Police special units in several Serbian villages in the Zubin Potok municipality following an explosion last night that damaged the Ibar-Lepenac canal.

Vucevic emphasized that Kosovo Albanians have seized everything—land, municipalities, administrative crossings, institutions, and facilities.

"Now, they just need to bring in the Kosovo Security Forces—read this as what they envision as their future army, the so-called successors of the UÇK or KLA—and then Kurti's narrative is complete," Vucevic remarked.

He added that they are now awaiting a response from KFOR regarding the situation and the security conditions.
Vucevic appealed to the Quint countries and KFOR to prevent the persecution and mistreatment of the Serbian population in northern Kosovo under the guise of alleged sabotage or diversionary tactics.

"I don’t know what happened—let it be determined. But don’t arrest and persecute our people. We already have dozens of our compatriots detained, with unknown fates, accused of God knows what, and facing unusually lengthy legal proceedings," Vucevic noted.

He recalled that during the holiday referred to as Flag Day by Albanians, there were numerous activities aimed at provoking and disturbing the Serbian population—what little remains in northern Kosovo.

“You saw that they came en masse from South Mitrovica into North Mitrovica. The mural dedicated to the heroes of Kosare bothered them so much that they had to paint over it. What does that have to do with celebrating Flag Day—their flag, the Albanian flag, to be precise? In Gracanica, they deliberately organized a procession of vehicles waving Albanian flags to provoke and disturb the Serbian community. Naturally, the so-called Kosovo Police did not react,” Vucevic noted.

He reiterated President Aleksandar Vucic's statement from this morning, emphasizing that Serbia has no intention of defending itself against accusations for something it neither caused nor participated in.

"The idea that Serbia has to explain itself about what happened in northern Kosovo is Kurti dragging us into his narrative. We have nothing to do with it. We offered any assistance needed to technically support restoring water supply and electricity production. We are here to help because our people live there too," Vucevic stated.

He added that Gracanica was the first to experience power outages.

“We have no intention of getting into discussions about who is to blame or not. Let those responsible determine the facts. KFOR is there, international forces are present—let them investigate and establish the truth,” Vucevic concluded.