The Serbian Ministry of Defense announced yesterday that Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin assessed that ''Pristina’s politician Kadri Veseli's statement that Nis belongs historically to self-proclaimed Kosovo, and that he will conquer it, represented a call for war and new conflicts'', and urged the EU to declare on that occasion, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
EU Commissioner for Migrations Dimitris Avramopulos has announced that the agreement on the deployment of Frontex in Serbia will be signed today.
In an interview for the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, Albanian President Ilir Meta said that Kosovo and Serbia should reach an agreement without changing the borders.
Asked whether he fears the region's destabilization due to tensions between Kosovo and Serbia lately, the Albanian president said that good relations between Belgrade and Pristina are needed for peace, not only in the region, but also wider.
Vice President of the Serbian List Igor Simic says that the goal of the draft bill on the establishment of Kosovo Army is to create tensions after the visit of the Serbian president to Kosovo, but also to divert public attention from the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
- Without the consent of deputies to the Serbian List and amending the Constitution, it is impossible to transform the security forces of Kosovo - emphasized Simic for TV Pink.
Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejcinovic-Buric met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on Wednesday. Among other things, she spoke about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and warned against the danger of redrawing the borders, Belgrade daily Blic reports, quoting Croatian news agency Hina.
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin says that it bothers Kadri Veseli that there is Serbia and Serbs in Kosovo, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
The Kosovo Police at the Merdare administrative point retained Arnaud Gouillon, the French humanitarian, reports Belgrade based daily Blic quoting Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
According to the RTS, besides him, the police detained two activists from the humanitarian organization "Serbs for Serbs".
KP members, while retaining Gouillon, have stated that he did not have a permit to visit Kosovo.
According to the Belgrade-based daily Blic, the Mayor of Nis, Darko Bulatovic, was allegedly taken to the Clinical Center Nis after he complained of injuries that he sustained during his visit to Kosovo. As Blic unofficially discovers, Bulatovic received a hand injury during an intervention by the Kosovo police when he was detained Saturday night.
The Association of Families Kidnapped and Killed in Kosovo and Metohija today, in a letter to US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott and EU High Representative Federika Mogherini, questions why there are no Albanians who did not commit crimes in the negotiations in Brussels, reports Belgrade based daily Blic.
"Can honest Albanians, who did not commit crimes and whose hands are not bloodied, go to Brussels to the negotiations? Only with them an agreement and reconciliation would be possible," the letter reads.
Belgrade based daily Blic reports on the current attempt of opposition MPs in the Kosovo Assembly to ''ban'' Thaci with the resolution, with support of a part of the ruling coalition, to negotiate with Belgrade on the "correction of the borders".