Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin met with the Russian Federation Ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Chepurin and discussed the current security situation as well as advancement of cooperation in the field of security, RTS reports.

Minister Vulin thanked the Russian Federation for the full support to Serbia’s efforts to point out to the illegal establishment of the so-called Kosovo army at the UN SC session, and request to disarm this illegal, armed formation in Kosovo and Metohija.

Peace in the Balkans is not in as much danger as it was in the 1990s but there are risks of instability, dissatisfaction and minor conflicts, Johns Hopkins University professor Daniel Serwer told regional broadcaster N1 on Tuesday.

He believes there is no direct threat to peace in the region, adding that Kosovo has had Security Forces for a while and that it will take 10 years to turn those forces into a military.

Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej issued a statement on Kosovo army, KoSSev portal reports. The statement can be read below:

“The Serbian Orthodox Church has no doubt that this army is exclusively directed against the Serbian people who boldly practice their faith in Kosovo and Metohija and are proud of the Serbian name. We also know that the formation of this army is also directed against the ancient Serbian Orthodox sanctities in Kosovo and Metohija, which the enemies of the Church of God intend to destroy or, at least, take away.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic repeated and to Belgrade based TV Prva that the result of the Monday’s UN Security Session was that the positions of all members of the Council to be heard.

That was the result of this session because, he points out in a statement to Prva TV, "Pristina hardly will withdraw its moves."

Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, at the session of the UNSC, presented the genesis of the problems that Serbia faces, readiness for dialogue and a constructive approach, and on the other hand a clear opposition to the unilateral moves of Pristina to which they were used to in the past 20 years.

Serbian Minister of Interior, Nebojsa Stefanovic speaking for Prva TV news edition said that Serbia has won a good diplomatic victory at the UN SC session yesterday evening.

“It was a good diplomatic victory of Serbia. Serbia did all as it should, it was good to see the world started to realize there is no solution to the Kosovo issue without Serbia. It was also noticeable that different tones could be heard,” Stefanovic added.

Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Monday that the European Union should halt the visa liberalization process for citizens of Kosovo, if Pristina fails to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods.

Vulin told RTS that the EU should change its policy towards Kosovo from carrot to stick, adding that Pristina was always rewarded for what he said was bad behavior. He said the EU should halt the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement and prevent the free movement of Kosovo officials.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told reporters ahead of the session of the Belgrade committee of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) that it would be difficult to change the attitude of the great powers on the formation of Kosovo Army, but considers that it is important that at the session of the United Nations Security Council is heard that it is a violation of Resolution 1244, the only valid document regarding Kosovo, reported Radio Television of Serbia on Sunday evening (RTS).

Leader of Peoples’ Party Vuk Jeremic told RTV Kursumlija that forming of “Kosovo army” is scandalous, and the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic bears a great proportion of the blame for it, since, according to Jeremic, Vucic agreed with Thaci on the army, on November 4, in Rome, “in the EU Mission in Vatican.”

“This is a grand treason, Vucic must be held responsible for,” Jeremic said, adding “Srpska Lista would bring the Kosovo Government down, if this is not true.”

The Serbian List says that only in the first six months of this year, according to the data of international organizations, there were 173 ethnically motivated incidents and attacks on Serbs in Kosovo, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

The Serbian List and the Serbian people in Kosovo deny the cynical assessment by Hashim Thaci that the Serbs feel safe after the creation of the so-called Kosovo army, reads the statement of the Serbian List.