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“Serbia should rather give Metohija to Montenegro than to Albania” (B92)

Army of Montenegrin King Nikola liberated and took over the territory of current Metohija during the Balkan war (1912), Nebojsa Medojevic, Montenegrin politician and member of opposition Democratic Front wrote on his Twitter profile, B92 reported.

“Therefore, if Serbia wants to give Metohija as a gift to Albania, it is historically right that Montenegro must claim this territory, since delineation opens the process,” Medojevic added.

He recalled that territories shown in a map of so-called natural Albania, are in fact Montenegrin, not the opposite.

BIA agency denies reports about ties with "contract killers" (B92)

Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) has denied media reports about several persons arrested in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija on July 18 being in any way linked to the agency.

"Mario Milosevic, Jovan Pavicevic, Strahinja Dankovic, and Laureta Zuba have been arrested based on Interpol's notice on suspicion of committing the grave criminal acts of murder and kidnapping in the territory of the Republic of Montenegro," the Security Information Agency (BIA) said in a statement on Thursday.

Trajkovic: Srpska Lista must not vote for demarcation (KIM Radio)

“Srpska Lista must not vote for ratification of the demarcation agreement. No one authorized it to deal with “par excellence” state affairs,” President of the Serb European Movement, Rada Trajkovic told KIM Radio.

She further added that “involvement of Srpska Lista in the project of demarcation would essentially mean legalization of Kosovo, as a holder of a border with Montenegro and the annulment of the state of Serbia on that line”.

Vulin reacts to Montenegro sending army officers to Kosovo (Tanjug)

Aleksandar Vulin says Montenegro's decision to send two members of its military to KFOR in Kosovo is "a political message of support for Kosovo's independence," Tanjug news agency reported.

The Serbian Defense Minister added that Serbia "cannot welcome that."

It is not aimed at enhancing the security of citizens in Kosovo and Metohija, Vulin said when asked to comment on the Montenegrin authorities' decision to send members of their army to the (NATO) mission in Kosovo.

Montenegrins soon part of KFOR (BETA, Voice of America, KIM Radio)

Montenegrin Defense Minister Predrag Boskovic said Montenegro for the first time would send two army officers to KFOR Mission in Kosovo, Serbian media reported.

Boskovic who is in an official visit to the USA, said that Montenegrin army officers should join KFOR by the end of the year.

According to him, Montenegro as a NATO member, would send one officer to the KFOR HQ in Pristina, and the other one to the Liaison Office in Skopje.

Srpska Lista: We do not vote for demarcation, there would be similar attempts of disinformation (KoSSev portal)

Srpska Lista will not vote for demarcation with Montenegro “despite false and tendentious claims” published in all Albanian-language media and rerun by part of the Serbian media, Srpska Lista said, KoSSev portal reported.

“Something like that was not agreed with us and we will not support demarcation, as it is falsely claimed, instead we will continue to fight for the interests of Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija and not for the interests of certain domestic and foreign centers of power,” Srpska Lista further said, KoSSev portal reported.

Kosovo FM Pacolli condemns attack on U.S. embassy in Montenegro (media)

Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, has condemned last night’s attack on the U.S. Embassy in the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica. Pacolli expressed Kosovo’s “unwavering” support for the U.S. and offered Montenegrin authorities cooperation from Kosovo institutions, if necessary.

"85% of people were against it - yet we recognized Kosovo" (Tanjug, B92)

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Martinovic says his country "wants to see Kosovo in the EU and in NATO."

Markovic spoke for the Pristina-based RTK ahead of his trip to Kosovo on Tuesday.

The prime minister said Montenegro's government "had vision" when it decided to recognize unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo - despite the fact that, as he said, "85 percent of citizens were against that."