A roundtable with civil society representatives was held yesterday in Mitrovica North, within the framework of the internal dialogue on Kosovo and Metohija, Kontakt plus radio reported.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Deputy Director Dušan Kozarev, Director of the Office for Cooperation with Civil Society Žarko Stepanović, Kosovo Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic and Mitrovica North Mayor Goran Rakic also attended the roundtable.

For the first time, roundtables within internal dialogue on Kosovo would be held today and tomorrow in Kosovo, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija confirmed to KoSSev portal.

Unlike those organized in Belgrade, participation of the Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric is not confirmed, KoSSev portal further reported, adding Deputy Director, Dusan Kozarev and Secretary General of the Serbian President, Nikola Selakovic would be present.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Deputy Director, Dusan Kozarev, said that even incidents that might appear minor as cattle thefts or burning of haystakes belonging to the Serbs in Kosovo, demand a decisive action, foremost that of the international community, as such attacks always aim to create an environment of uneasiness and fear, Tanjug news agency reported.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Deputy Director, Dusan Kozarev said that conditions for sustainable return of internally displaced persons from Kosovo over the last two decades were very bad, Serbian media reported.

Kozarev made these remarks on Friday, at the meeting of “Skopje Initiative” in Podgorica, supported by the UNHCR and OSCE Mission in Kosovo.

Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dusan Kozarev met today Nils Melzer, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, reports RTK2.

During the meeting, Melzer was informed about the violations of the human rights of Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo. Melzer is in the process of preparing a report for the UN Human Rights Council and is on a several-day visit to Serbia, reports RTK2.

Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev today said that that the announced activities in Kosovo by the NGO Russian Humanitarian Mission  only can be criticized by those who do not have the grain of humanity and human rights feelings, reported daily newspapers Blic.

Two Serbian officials, Dusan Kozarev, Deputy Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic spoke in two different continents, at the important events about ethnically motivated crimes in Kosovo, KoSSev portal reported.

Since the last OSCE Human Dimension gathering in Warsaw, traditionally held every year there were more than 80 ethically motivated attacks, stated Deputy Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Dusan Kozarev.