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Speedy withdrawal of Kfor troops unacceptable to Serbia

Belgrade, 9 April 2010

Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said that the latest report of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Kosovo-Metohija is quite similar to Serbia’s stance on the matter.

Author: www.novosti.rs

In an interview for today’s edition of the Vecernje Novosti daily, Bogdanovic explained that this means that the problems should be resolved in a peaceful manner with the cooperation of all parties, adding that the Secretary General’s stance affirms that the so-called strategy for the north was drafted without general agreement.

The Serbian government’s official website gives excerpts of the interview.

Kfor soldiers are leaving Strpce after 11 years. The Kosovo police will take care of the security there from now on. Does this inspire confidence?

On several occasions Serbia reiterated that the speedy withdrawal of Kfor troops is not acceptable because all relevant international factors assess the current situation in the province as seemingly peaceful and very fragile. Kfor’s withdrawal gives rise to fear and brings about the question of how long will Strpce, the furthest Serbian enclave, be able to withstand the possibility of new riots.

Despite this, the main role is being transferred to the Kosovo police:

Apparently, someone is very eager to show to the world that the security situation in the province has improved for the Serbs living there. They are engaging in dangerous experiments and playing with the lives and destinies of thousands of people.

Serbian elections for the Kosovska Mitrovica municipality will be held on 30 May. Are they “more than just local elections”, as some claim, considering that the municipality will soon hold another election in line with the Kosovo government strategy about integrating the North?

Pristina and Peter Faith are imposing a “competitive context” on these local elections. Their intention is to create the atmosphere of “more than just a game”, and then do as they please in such ambience. There is no dilemma for Kosovo Serbs as to which elections are relevant. Their only country is Serbia. I will say it loud and clear: the upcoming elections in Kosovska Mitrovica, like the ones held in Leposavic, are simply another sign of Serbia’s seriousness and statehood.

The Kosovo President’s visit to Serb families in Gracanica at Easter:

This was a marketing move and a show for the audiences in the West that aimed to demonstrate an idyllic multiethnic image of the so-called independent Kosovo. If Sejdiu is indeed honest about his intentions, why did he not visit Serbs in Orahovac, who practically live in a concentration camp? An even better move would have been to visit Staro Gracko where 14 harvesters were murdered and then explain to the people there why not a single crime committed against Serbs from 1999 onwards has never been solved, not a single perpetrator found or convicted? Did Sejdiu ask himself where the 40,000 missing Serbs from Pristina are and 10,000 from Prizren? Why does he not publicly ask his compatriots: who is preventing the return of hundreds of Serbs from Djakovica and thousands of other exiled people who wish to return to their homes in the province?

About the platform of former Albanian government official Koco Danaj, according to whom the Albanian issue should be resolved by the end of 2013 by forming a state to encompass all territories inhabited by Albanians:

If anyone is indeed intending to implement Koco Danaj’s platform or any similar ideas about a greater Albania, the consequences for security and peace in the entire region will be far-reaching and difficult to predict. It is high time that the international community reacted decisively and silenced the propagators of such notions. It is high time they took the matches from the hands of those who want to set fire to the entire region once again.