Addressing the OSCE Mission with this request, the Office acted in the same way as it did years ago in accordance with all agreements and as all previous election processes have been organised in Kosovo-Metohija so far, including the last election process in 2020.
We were officially informed on 22 December that the OSCE, in accordance with the mandate entrusted to it, is ready to organise a referendum in Kosovo-Metohija, as before, but that the authorities of the provisional institutions in Pristina did not approve the referendum process.
Due to this attitude of the temporary institutions of self-government, the Office officially addressed the ambassadors of the Quinte countries, official Brussels, as well as EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak, who is the mediator in the communication between Belgrade and Pristina, with a clear request to enable a referendum in Kosovo-Metohija.
These facts, established procedures and long-term practice are well known to Pristina itself, which knows that all communication between Belgrade and Pristina goes through Brussels, that is, in the case of organising voting and the election process additionally through the OSCE Mission in Kosovo-Metohija, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
That is why every news placed by Pristina that Belgrade did not address the temporary institutions of self-government in Pristina regarding the referendum, which is trying to mask the most direct violation of human rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija by spinning, decided to ban their right to vote.
That is why every news placed by Pristina that Belgrade did not address the temporary institutions of self-government in Pristina regarding the referendum, which is trying to mask the most direct violation of human rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija by spinning, decided to ban their right to vote and vote.