"The holding of an extraordinary session of the Pristina Parliament on the situation of the Albanians in the south of Serbia is commendable if this session will contribute to a better understanding," said the Chairman of the Coordination Body for Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja Zoran Stankovic.

He expressed his belief that the assistance announced by the Pristina parliament for Albanians in these three municipalities in Serbia will be for the benefit of all citizens living there.

Serbian state broadcaster RTS reports that members of the Kosovo Assembly, Arban Abrashi and Nait Hasani, visited Bujanovac and supported the idea of a referendum on the unification of municipalities in the south of Serbia Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja with Kosovo, and inclusion of the issue in the Belgrade - Pristina negotiations.

The president of the coordinating body of the Government of Serbia for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja  Zoran Stankovic told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that the southern part of central Serbia is not threatened by any armed conflict.

Stankovic categorically claims that a war in this area will not happen, despite "constant announcements".

Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic said that president of Bujanovac municipality Jonuz Musliu should be "thanking God for not yet being arrested".

The Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti reported this today.

Dacic also pointed out that adding "the Presevo Valley" - an area in the southern part of central Serbia that has an ethnic Albanian minority - to Kosovo and Metohija is "Musliu's pipe dream" - unless the EU thinks that Presevo is also a specific and unique case."

"It would not surprise me," Dacic allegedly said.

Commenting on the statement of Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj, who said that Albanians living in the south Serbia municipalities could obtain Kosovo passports and citizenship, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said such an idea is not in line with the Constitution of Serbia, Novosti daily reported today.  

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa met yesterday in Gnjilane/Gjilan with representatives of Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa and MP in the Serbian Parliament Fatmir Hasani, reads the statement from the office of Prime Minister.

President of the Coordination Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja Zoran Stankovic told FoNet that the talks between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels do not include discussions about the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and called on Albanian leaders from the three municipalities on "political seriousness and responsibility".

President of the Coordinating Body for Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, Zoran Stankovic says it is "not possible" for the conflict in Macedonia "to spill over."

"The services in charge are doing their job, carrying out assessments of the situation on a daily basis, not only in Macedonia, but also in other surrounding countries," Stankovic stressed.

"All activities are being undertaken, such as raising the combat alertness and dispatching a smaller number of people to those territories," he was quoted as saying.

The situation in Kosovo and southern Serbia is calm, there is no indication that there may be a complication of the situation, said Zoran Stankovic, President of the Coordination Centre for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja.

 "Assessments are made on a daily basis, they have been performed and in the past, and security structures are constantly in the field and they carry out assessment of the situation," said Stankovic visiting the B92.