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Arrest of Djuric brutal provocation by Pristina
Belgrade,
26 March 2018
President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said tonight that Pristina committed a brutal act of insanity and the worst criminal act by today's arrest of Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric.
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Fonet
In his address to reporters, Vucic said after the session of the National Security Council that Djuric did not go to Kosovo-Metohija illegally, as Pristina claimed, but sent an announcement 75 hours prior to his departure for the province, although according to the agreement, this should be done 24 hours before the visit.
He explicitly explained the procedure that is applied when our officials go to Kosovo-Metohija, Vucic said and added that Djuric announced his visit to the provisional authorities in the province three times.
The President said that all those who took part in Djuric’s kidnapping, including two persons of Serbian ethnicity in uniforms, will answer before the Serbian judiciary.
Several serious crimes were committed, Vucic emphasised, and said that Serbia will not allow anyone to expel the people of Kosovo-Metohija from their homes.
Djuric was arrested this afternoon in the hall of the Mitrovica Palace, where together with the Serbian President's Secretary-General, Nikola Selakovic, he was supposed to participate in talks as part of the internal dialogue on Kosovo-Metohija.
The Kosovo police, who used tear gas and shock bombs during the arrest, brought Djuric to a police station in Pristina, after which he was brought to the magistrate's court.
After the hearing, the Kosovo authorities decided to deport the Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija to the Merdare crossing, where he was handed over to Serbian authorities.
He explicitly explained the procedure that is applied when our officials go to Kosovo-Metohija, Vucic said and added that Djuric announced his visit to the provisional authorities in the province three times.
The President said that all those who took part in Djuric’s kidnapping, including two persons of Serbian ethnicity in uniforms, will answer before the Serbian judiciary.
Several serious crimes were committed, Vucic emphasised, and said that Serbia will not allow anyone to expel the people of Kosovo-Metohija from their homes.
Djuric was arrested this afternoon in the hall of the Mitrovica Palace, where together with the Serbian President's Secretary-General, Nikola Selakovic, he was supposed to participate in talks as part of the internal dialogue on Kosovo-Metohija.
The Kosovo police, who used tear gas and shock bombs during the arrest, brought Djuric to a police station in Pristina, after which he was brought to the magistrate's court.
After the hearing, the Kosovo authorities decided to deport the Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija to the Merdare crossing, where he was handed over to Serbian authorities.
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