The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, asked the NATO mission in Kosovo (KFOR) and the European Union civilian mission in Kosovo (Eulex) for "guarantees" to protect the Kosovar Serbs who have erected barricades to protest against the arrest of a former police officer, Dejan pantic. The Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti, ordered the Serbian population to remove the barricades.
Pantic's family say they have not heard from him since his arrest earlier this week. The arrest, according to the Kosovo authorities, would be linked to an attack against representatives of the security forces. Pantic, like 600 other Kosovar Serb officers, resigned from his post as part of the total boycott declared in November by Serbian list, a major Serbian political force in northern Kosovo. “Today is, without a doubt, the hardest day for me since I have been President of the Republic or Prime Minister of Serbia, and probably the hardest night awaits meVucic said in a statement after the meeting National Security Council.
Vucic, in fact, asked KFOR and Eulex to "guarantee" that the Kosovar security forces "will not take violent actions" against the demonstrators in northern Kosovo, before inviting the population to calm down so as not to inflame the situation even further. according to statements to the Serbian public channel Rts.
"And if they don't guarantee it, then everything will be perfectly clearhe cautioned before highlighting law enforcement for their preparedness should the situation escalate further. “I am proud of our soldiers and police. We have never had such willingness from people to be available for their homeland”, he said. “Our conscience is clear. Our hands are tied, but even when we're in a corner, we have to fight. My message to the people is to respect EULEX and KFOR and not allow them to be provokedi,” Vucic said.
source Adnkronos