Vucic held a press conference after meeting with Kosovo Serb representatives in the capital Belgrade.
Stating that they discussed the problems and security situation of the Serbs living in the south and north of Kosovo, Vucic said, “The situation there is quite difficult. We talked to decide on a common stance for all the situations that await us. We decided to act together.”
Vucic said that Kosovo Serbs will not participate in the early local elections to be held in Serbian-dominated municipalities on April 23 in Kosovo, and announced that they will appear in public with a clearer stance a week later on all issues concerning Kosovo Serbs.
“They expect greater and meaningful support from Serbia”
Stating that they feel great anger and dissatisfaction with the current situation of Kosovo Serbs and the Pristina administration, Vucic said, “They are also angry at the silence of international institutions. They expect greater and more meaningful support from Serbia.”
Regarding the recent detention of Serbs in the north of Kosovo, Vucic said, “This is an effort to clear the Serbs from the north of Kosovo. I am always in favor of maintaining peace. We will all see how it will progress.”
Defending that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti endangered the security of Kosovo Serbs, Vucic said, “Kosovo Serbs will continue to exist, it is their homeland and homeland”.
Vucic, in a television program he participated in, claimed that Kosovo organized a local election in which the Serbs would not participate, “So what can I do in this situation? Shall I send the tanks? I can’t do it. We cannot win against NATO. I can’t and I don’t want people to die. I want to solve problems peacefully. I want normalization,” he said.
Serbia-Kosovo relations
Although Kosovo is recognized as an independent state by 117 countries, it is described as one of the “frozen conflict zones of Europe” due to the ongoing ethnic tensions in its north and its inability to become a member of the United Nations.
Serbia considers Kosovo, which declared its independence unilaterally in 2008, as its territory.
Serbia and Kosovo, which periodically clash, are trying to find a common way for the normalization of relations and eventually for the two countries to recognize each other, within the scope of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Process, which was initiated in 2011 under the mediation of the European Union (EU).
Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti and Serbian President Vucic agreed on an agreement that would normalize relations between the two countries in the negotiations that lasted about 12 hours in Ohrid, North Macedonia on March 18, under the mediation of the EU.