Priština seeks control over “all of Kosovo”

Kosovo Albanian officials say that its government and UNMIK will function over the province’s entire territory. The international police have announced they had seized control over railway traffic in northern Kosovo, "letting Serb community officials know that they cannot treat the Lesak – Zvecan route as part of the Serbian railway network". Pristina seeks control over “all of Kosovo” The UN mission needed one day with the help of the police to prevent the breakaway of northern Kosovo’s railway traffic. Judging by statements coming from UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker, it is expected that the implementation of judicial, customs and police services in the north will be carried out with the assistance of KFOR troops. “With the help of KFOR when needed, UNMIK will defend its executive authority, whether we are talking about police, customs or the judicial system. Wherever it is needed, we are decisive in implementing our mandate, which includes all of Kosovo,” Ruecker said. In addition to warnings from international officials, Kosovo Albanian officials such as Prime Minister Hashim Thaci warned that there would be no public service paralysis or creation of a frozen conflict in the north of the province which could, in the long term, lead to a partition of northern Kosovo from the rest of the territory. “The government and I have decided to maintain authority over the entire territory of Kosovo. There is no challenge that the legitimate Kosovo institutions cannot respond to,” Thaci said, adding that "no violations of constitutional order would be tolerated in Kosovo". Jaksic: Serbia needs Russian weapons President of Serb municipalities in Kosovo Marko Jaksic told the FoNet news agency that “Serbia is capable of defending its territory and that it does not need Russian KFOR troops on its territory, but armed Russian military forces just in case.” “What Serbs need is the most modern armed forces that Russia currently has,” Jaksic said. He said that Serbia needed such weapons “for every eventuality, because if Serbia had had such weapons in 1999, it would not have been bombed,” adding that “with the resistance of Kosovo Serbs and the support of Belgrade, it will be hard for another Albanian state to be created.”

Priština seeks control over “all of Kosovo”

The UN mission needed one day with the help of the police to prevent the breakaway of northern Kosovo’s railway traffic.

Judging by statements coming from UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker, it is expected that the implementation of judicial, customs and police services in the north will be carried out with the assistance of KFOR troops.

“With the help of KFOR when needed, UNMIK will defend its executive authority, whether we are talking about police, customs or the judicial system. Wherever it is needed, we are decisive in implementing our mandate, which includes all of Kosovo,” Ruecker said.

In addition to warnings from international officials, Kosovo Albanian officials such as Prime Minister Hashim Thaci warned that there would be no public service paralysis or creation of a frozen conflict in the north of the province which could, in the long term, lead to a partition of northern Kosovo from the rest of the territory.

“The government and I have decided to maintain authority over the entire territory of Kosovo. There is no challenge that the legitimate Kosovo institutions cannot respond to,” Thaci said, adding that "no violations of constitutional order would be tolerated in Kosovo".

Jakšić: Serbia needs Russian weapons

President of Serb municipalities in Kosovo Marko Jakšić told the FoNet news agency that “Serbia is capable of defending its territory and that it does not need Russian KFOR troops on its territory, but armed Russian military forces just in case.”

“What Serbs need is the most modern armed forces that Russia currently has,” Jakšić said.

He said that Serbia needed such weapons “for every eventuality, because if Serbia had had such weapons in 1999, it would not have been bombed,” adding that “with the resistance of Kosovo Serbs and the support of Belgrade, it will be hard for another Albanian state to be created.”