Minister calls on EULEX, KFOR to protect Serbs

Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic has called on KFOR and EULEX to protect the Serb community in Kosovo.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 03.10.2011.

12:08

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Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic has called on KFOR and EULEX to protect the Serb community in Kosovo. He said that the fact that the international community kept silent about the killings was unacceptable. Minister calls on EULEX, KFOR to protect Serbs The minister told Speaking for the Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS) he expected EULEX to investigate the murder and wounding of two Serbs in the village of Zrze, in the municipality of Orahovac. leksandar Putnik, 51, was murdered, while his son Dobrica, 25, was wounded as they were shot near a restaurant some time around midnight on Saturday. "Unfortunately, this is what we all dreaded - that the events in northern Kosovo and Metohija spill over onto the area south to the Ibar River," Bogdanovic said, underlining that not a single day passed in Kosovo without an incident. He added that light had not been shed on any murder, wounding or attack on Serbs, and wondered: "what does EULEX serve for, what is its mandate and why did they come?" "If they came here to expand Kosovo independence onto northern Kosovo and Metohija, they are not welcome," the minister said, adding that there was no need for such a large force of EULEX and KFOR in northern Kosovo and that focus should be placed on the people that are returning and those who stayed in the enclaves. “The right way to protect the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is for EULEX and KFOR to regain status neutrality,” the minister pointed out. Bogdanovic reiterated that the solution should be sought in negotiations, and that Serbs were aware that barricades were not the means to protect legitimate interests, but were the only way they could make the international community realize that they did not accept Kosovo independence. Goran Bogdanovic (Beta, file)

Minister calls on EULEX, KFOR to protect Serbs

The minister told Speaking for the Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS) he expected EULEX to investigate the murder and wounding of two Serbs in the village of Zrze, in the municipality of Orahovac.

leksandar Putnik, 51, was murdered, while his son Dobrica, 25, was wounded as they were shot near a restaurant some time around midnight on Saturday.

"Unfortunately, this is what we all dreaded - that the events in northern Kosovo and Metohija spill over onto the area south to the Ibar River," Bogdanović said, underlining that not a single day passed in Kosovo without an incident.

He added that light had not been shed on any murder, wounding or attack on Serbs, and wondered: "what does EULEX serve for, what is its mandate and why did they come?"

"If they came here to expand Kosovo independence onto northern Kosovo and Metohija, they are not welcome," the minister said, adding that there was no need for such a large force of EULEX and KFOR in northern Kosovo and that focus should be placed on the people that are returning and those who stayed in the enclaves.

“The right way to protect the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is for EULEX and KFOR to regain status neutrality,” the minister pointed out.

Bogdanović reiterated that the solution should be sought in negotiations, and that Serbs were aware that barricades were not the means to protect legitimate interests, but were the only way they could make the international community realize that they did not accept Kosovo independence.

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