FM: Serbs turn to Russia as "cry for help"

The request of some 20,000 Serbs in Kosovo to be given Russian passports is "a cry for help", says Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić.

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Friday, 18.11.2011.

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The request of some 20,000 Serbs in Kosovo to be given Russian passports is "a cry for help", says Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. The Serbs filed their applications because of the ethnic Albanian repression against them, Jeremic added. FM: Serbs turn to Russia as "cry for help" "This is not their attempt to emigrate, as much as it is a plea for protection," he noted. The minister also stated that the international community had guaranteed protection from persecution to Serbs in Kosovo, but that they still did not enjoy this right. "I think they have decided that a better protector for them... can be our partner and our friend - the Russian Federation," concluded Jeremic. On Thursday, his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov said his country had studied the citizenship requests carefully, but that it had to adhere to relevant laws, and that Russia understood what motivated those who had applied for its passports. Vuk Jeremic (FoNet, file)

FM: Serbs turn to Russia as "cry for help"

"This is not their attempt to emigrate, as much as it is a plea for protection," he noted.

The minister also stated that the international community had guaranteed protection from persecution to Serbs in Kosovo, but that they still did not enjoy this right.

"I think they have decided that a better protector for them... can be our partner and our friend - the Russian Federation," concluded Jeremić.

On Thursday, his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov said his country had studied the citizenship requests carefully, but that it had to adhere to relevant laws, and that Russia understood what motivated those who had applied for its passports.

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