The director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, commented on the incidents that occurred in the region over the weekend: attempts by Albanians to set fire to the Serbian flag on the monument to Milos Obilic in Gracanica, and the ban on the vice-mayor of Beldgrad visiting the region.
The official told Happy TV about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“These were organized actions aimed at intimidating the Serbs in Kosovo,” Petkovic said. – I would like to point out that Vesic, as Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, does not need to inform the local authorities about the trip to Kosovo and Metohija, because this only applies to official visits, only then is the EU Delegation office in Pristina informed in order to draw up a plan and route for the Kosovo police "
Let us remind you that the day before, Kosovo separatists did not they let me in Deputy Mayor of the Serbian capital Goran Vesic to the region, where he went with an inspection to see how projects for the construction of housing and a playground for Serbs in Kosovska (North Mitrovica) are being implemented.
“This is a political decision by Pristina, which aims to destabilize the situation, and the entry ban is actually a message to the Serbs living in Kosovo and Metohija, and to Belgrade, in the spirit of “We ourselves decide who to let go and who not,” Petkovic said .
According to the official, who also recalled the recent attempt in the Serbian enclave of Gracanica to burn the Serbian flag at the monument to the Serbian hero Milos Obilic, the arbitrariness and unilateral decisions of the Pristina side do not contribute to the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina and the dialogue between the two sides.
“We want normalization, we care about good relations with the Albanians and negotiations in Brussels. However, in recent months, the Albanian side has done everything to ensure that there is no dialogue on the Commonwealth of Serb Communities (municipalities) and that a compromise solution would not be reached,” Petkovic said, adding that Belgrade will not allow Pristina to pursue its interests by attacking and trampling on the rights of the Serbs .
Let us remind you that the incident with the flag occurred on the night from Friday to Saturday, but the vandalism of the flag was stopped in time by the residents of the Serbian enclave.