Vucevic: Serbs in Kosovo feel insecure because they don't know what Kurti can come up with next

Minister of Defense Milos Vucevic says for RTS that the situation in Kosovo is still tense and unpredictable, considering the whole series of unilateral moves made by the administration in Pristina, adding that Serbs feel uneasy and insecure because they don't know what Albin Kurti can come up with next.

Vucevic said that yesterday in Lebane, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated the number of attacks on Serbs was so that in one and a half days there was at least one attack on Serbs, more frequent than anyone assumed, which implied Serbia's position in the negotiation process.

"There is a strong sense of unease and insecurity among Serbs in Kosovo. Pristina constantly has activities aimed at undermining all the agreements that have been reached so far, at taking further positions, whether in the context of negotiations, or in the context of some of their activities on the ground that lead to escalation," Vucevic said.

According to him, they are constantly deploying troops, and police units, trying to transform the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into armed forces, and building new checkpoints on key roads, especially in northern Kosovo, with a clear message that they do not think of forming the Community of Serb-majority Municipalities (CSM).

"At the same time, some non-governmental organizations of certain Western European countries write the CSM statute without the participation of the Serbs and provide us with responsibilities as if we were some non-governmental organization, as if we were a voluntary group of lovers of birds and nature, and not that it must have the structure and responsibilities from the principles of the Brussels Agreement," the minister says.

Everything that is happening in Kosovo cannot leave us indifferent and cannot make us peaceful, Vucevic stated, adding that this applies primarily to the Serbian community in Kosovo.

"Serbs feel uneasy and insecure in Kosovo because they don't know what Albin Kurti can come up with next, and everything he did and came up with was not aimed at the stabilization but at escalation and creating an atmosphere where Serbs are unwelcome in their centuries-old territories," he says.

The situation at administrative crossings

Vucevic says that administrative crossings are the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the police.

"There is more than a complication regarding Pristina's interpretation of the license plates of the municipalities from the north of Kosovo and Metohija - whether it is possible to enter or leave the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, and that you can return after that - derogating, canceling everything that was achieved as an agreement and creating a situation that can lead to escalation," Vucevic noted.

"Since Kurti has nothing to offer his voters, no investments, he cannot boast of economic results - what can he offer - is to make some enemies, who are the ideal enemies - Serbs, he should be a little Zelensky, and we some little Russians, there's the scenario from the 1990s that gives him an argument for why he does what he does. It is important that we remain rational, to avoid that scenario that leads us astray from our interests," Vucevic points out.

The Serbian Army is in constant contact with KFOR

Vucevic says that the Serbian Army is in constant contact with KFOR, there is a special commission in charge of communication, and General Mojsilovic is in contact with the KFOR commander, who is responsible for maintaining peace in Kosovo.

Speaking about the celebration of Sretenje, Serbia’s Statehood day, Vucevic said that the gun salute would be on February 14, as an introduction to the holiday celebration, and the central celebration would be held in Oracac on February 15.