Russia is ready to provide Serbian partners with support in defending legitimate national interests in relation to Kosovo, primarily in international structures, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a letter to Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic, reports Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.
Srpska Lista that left Kosovo Government submitted lawsuits to the Police Inspectorate in Pristina over the action of the Kosovo police special unit in the north of Kosovo on Monday, Tanjug news agency reported.
Outgoing Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic said today during the government’s session that following the events in Mitrovica North on Monday, “we should look each other in the eyes and get responses to some questions,” KIM Radio reported.
Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Zeljko Jovic who sustained injuries during the arrest of Marko Djuric, told Danas daily “it was not an intervention, but a mere attack in a terrorist style, that much brutal they have not speared women and journalists either.”
Kosovo police members lost a fully loaded magazine with live ammunition on the day they arrested Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric, RTS reported.
A group of non-governmental organizations from northern Kosovo in the strongest terms condemned yesterday excessive use of force by the Kosovo special police unit against citizens, participants in a roundtable and journalists reporting on the event, Serbian media reported.
Russia and the US have both reacted to Monday's incidents in Mitrovica North and the arrest of Serbian official Marko Djuric.