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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

In the service of citizens

Government requests that international missions prevent unilateral moves by Pristina

Belgrade, 28 July 2011

The Serbian government strongly condemned today all forms of violence that are taking place these days in Kosovo-Metohija and stated that it expects KFOR and EULEX to provide full security in the southern province.

A statement by the Serbian government says that the objective of the violent attempt at taking over Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints by special units of the Kosovo police is not to establish law and order, but to impose by force and at the cost of human lives a change of the overall reality in the north of the province.

Unfortunately, there are many indications that Pristina authorities coordinated their operations with individuals from international institutions.

The Serbian government requests that international peacekeeping missions in Kosovo-Metohija prevent unilateral moves by interim Pristina authorities whose aim is to change the reality and ethnic structure in the province.

The Serbian government will not allow provocations and urges the international peacekeeping missions not to tolerate unilateral moves by Pristina.

We expect KFOR and EULEX to secure complete safety in Kosovo-Metohija, in line with the mandate entrusted to them by the UN and Resolution 1244, as well as by decisions of the EU.

The Serbian government called on citizens to restrain from any form of violence, not to be taken in by provocation and to contribute to normalisation of the situation in southern province.

The Serbian government condemns in harshest terms every act of extremists. Last night's burning of buildings at the administrative checkpoint in Jarinje suits only the Albanian extremists and the Serbian government demands that perpetrators and organisers of this act of vandalism which is directed against the survival of the Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and the interests of the state of Serbia be discovered as soon as possible.

The Serbian government will not, under any pressure, desist from the peaceful way of solving problems in Kosovo-Metohija.

For the Serbian government, there is no real alternative to dialogue because it is the only way to reach a solution acceptable to all citizens of Kosovo-Metohija and the only path to lasting peace.

The Serbian government urges the UN and the EU, who have the control over the southern province, to act in accordance with their mandate and ensure peace and security for all citizens and prevent any attempt of provisional authorities in Pristina to destabilise the situation.

Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic and Head of the Serbian government’s team for dialogue with Pristina Borislav Stefanovic have been in the field from the first day trying to solve problems in cooperation with KFOR and EULEX.

The Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence are in constant touch with KFOR and EULEX and are ready to give them all the necessary help in stabilising the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, reads the statement by the Serbian government.