"We are ready to send armed forces to Kosovo"

"We are ready to send armed forces to Kosovo"

But, as he added, for the dialogue, the will of both parties is necessary.

Vucevic told TV Pink that Serbia will do more to preserve peace and find a political agreement to avoid escalation.

"For that, the will of several parties is needed. The moderators of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina are often on the side of Pristina. The situation is tense, very tense, there is an incendiary atmosphere in Kosovo," he said.

The minister believes that the Serbs will be wise and responsible, and that they will not fall for provocations, in order to avoid conflict. "We are not afraid, but we are looking for an end to the terror against Serbs, through political dialogue. Albin Kurti wants to create conditions that make it impossible for Serbs to survive in Kosovo and Metohija," Vucevic said, adding that Kurti is therefore constantly opening new crises.

He explained that Kurti is creating an environment for the Serbs to say that they can no longer survive there, because neither EULEX nor KFOR protect them. "KFOR is neutral, but its neutrality is such that it considers how to remove the barricades. Everyone deals with the consequences, and they should deal with the causes. Where does Serbs' fear and desperation to go to the barricades come from? Let Borrell come and address them, so that they could inform him why they took to the streets, they were forced to do so," Vucevic said.

He expects the arrested Dejan Pantić to be brought before the prosecutor today and to see what crimes are charged against him, since Pristina has changed the reasons for his arrest three times so far. "Yesterday, a security guard at Gazivode Kostić was harassed. They tore Serbian flags. It is a festival of hypocrisy that KFOR claims that there was no raid on Gazivode," he said.

Commenting on the statement of the head of German diplomacy that Serbia's request to send part of the forces to Kosovo and Metohija according to resolution 1244 will be rejected, Vučević noted that Germany gives itself the right to prejudge the decision, before Serbia sent the request.

"We are absolutely ready to send forces. Due to the situation on the ground, Serbia requests that this clause of the UN Security Council resolution be activated and thus preserve the safety of Serbs, and Serbian property, churches and monasteries," said the Minister of Defense.

He assessed that due to the reality on the ground, Serbia has the right to request the activation of that clause. "We will see if they will allow it. It is up to us to do everything that is in accordance with international law, not to show a desire for conflict, but for calm and continuation of dialogue," he said.

Vučević pointed out that Serbia's message is that international community should specify which agreement is in force, whether it is Kumanovo, Resolution 1244, Brussels or Washington. "Prishtina does not respect any of its obligations, and partly neither does the international community," he said.

Vucevic hopes that there will be wisdom and determination in EULEX and KFOR not to allow the removal of the barricades by force. "It's a road they wouldn't like us to take. No one knows where it can take us. The Serbian community is almost exclusively moving along those blocked roads," he said.

Vucevic assessed that every arrival of the Pristina police in the Serbian municipalities in the north, without the consent of the Serbian mayors, is a violation of the Brussels Agreement, as well as of what was guaranteed by the EU.

He assessed that Rada Trajković's actions endanger the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and that she is not a victim, and condemned the opposition in central Serbia, which agrees to the narrative that Serbs from the north are criminals.

"We received intelligence information that there is a plan, that extremist Albanians change into civilian clothes, attack EULEX or KFOR and that it will be presented as an attack by Serbs. That is why it is important that our people be as calm as possible, not to fall for provocations, to defend democratically their rights. To do everything they can to avoid conflict," said Vucevic.

He said that Kurti wants to create an atmosphere to expel the Serbs, or that the Serbs provoked the conflicts. Speaking about the statements of the Western powers, he assessed that US Ambassador Christopher Hill made correct statements, against the background of American politics, while according to the German head of diplomacy and European Commissioner Borrell, it turns out that the Serbs are to blame for not leaving the places where they live.

Vučević said that Serbia is not playing games, and that it is not without moves and strategies for what to do in all situations. "We know what we are doing in every moment and situation, we just see that it leads to a political resolution, not to a conflict," said Vucevic.

He said that this does not mean that Serbia is weak and indecisive, and that it would not react, in accordance with the UN Resolution and all valid agreements.