“Serbia will never recognize Kosovo’s independence”

BELGRADE Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo has released that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo’s independence. The Office also called on the international community to accept reality – that there can be no reconciliation and progress without the same treatment of all people in the province and without condemnation of all crimes. “Serbia will never recognize Kosovo’s independence” Today marks five years since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence. “Serbia has never and will never recognize independent Kosovo. Something that was created on injustice cannot be legal and just,” reads a release. The Office for Kosovo stressed that there had been 1,015 attacks on Serbs since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on February 17, 2008, completely disregarding the UN Security Council and Kosovo Serbs’ opposition. The Office for Kosovo stated in the release that Serbs had been attacked with firearms 51 times, that explosive devices had been planted 11 times, that hand grenades and Molotov cocktails had been thrown 15 times, that 25 churches had been attacked, that 201 Orthodox cemeteries had been desecrated, that 197 tombstones had been destroyed, that 135 Serb houses had been stoned and that fires were set to properties owned by Serbs 48 timed. According to the release, 106 Serb homes were robbed, 13 woods owned by Serbs were burned, the Visoki Decani monastery was attacked and the number of stolen cattle, cars and agricultural machines is unknown. “A bomb was thrown at a three-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl on February 4, four Serbs were murdered, 245 were injured, the Serb population is attacked 203 times a year, an attack every other day,” the Office for Kosovo warned. “There are no European standards for Serbs in so-called independent Kosovo, privatization was and is still conducted solely for Albanians while 40,000 Serbian requests for the return of the property and compensation of damages are waiting for a response in vain,” reads the release. The Office for Kosovo warns that “a state has not been established in so-called independent Kosovo but an apartheid in which two perpetrators have been convicted for 1,004 Serb victims”. Tanjug

“Serbia will never recognize Kosovo’s independence”

Today marks five years since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence.

“Serbia has never and will never recognize independent Kosovo. Something that was created on injustice cannot be legal and just,” reads a release.

The Office for Kosovo stressed that there had been 1,015 attacks on Serbs since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on February 17, 2008, completely disregarding the UN Security Council and Kosovo Serbs’ opposition.

The Office for Kosovo stated in the release that Serbs had been attacked with firearms 51 times, that explosive devices had been planted 11 times, that hand grenades and Molotov cocktails had been thrown 15 times, that 25 churches had been attacked, that 201 Orthodox cemeteries had been desecrated, that 197 tombstones had been destroyed, that 135 Serb houses had been stoned and that fires were set to properties owned by Serbs 48 timed.

According to the release, 106 Serb homes were robbed, 13 woods owned by Serbs were burned, the Visoki Dečani monastery was attacked and the number of stolen cattle, cars and agricultural machines is unknown.

“A bomb was thrown at a three-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl on February 4, four Serbs were murdered, 245 were injured, the Serb population is attacked 203 times a year, an attack every other day,” the Office for Kosovo warned.

“There are no European standards for Serbs in so-called independent Kosovo, privatization was and is still conducted solely for Albanians while 40,000 Serbian requests for the return of the property and compensation of damages are waiting for a response in vain,” reads the release.

The Office for Kosovo warns that “a state has not been established in so-called independent Kosovo but an apartheid in which two perpetrators have been convicted for 1,004 Serb victims”.