Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric says that Pristina, by forbidding representatives of the Serbian state from participating in the Kosovo election campaign with Kosovo Serbs, formally legalized segregation and apartheid and declared Serbs in Kosovo a second-class citizen, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called on Serbs in Kosovo, internally displaced and expelled to exercise their rights and vote for the Serbian List.
He stated that in this way they would thwart the attempts to manipulate the Serbian electoral will.
In a statement to Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), Vucic said that the Serbian List was experiencing real political terror and persecution, organized by the organs of the so-called parastate, supported by some in the international community.
The situation around Kosovo has changed a lot, we can soon expect that the number of states that have recognized Kosovo will fall below half of the number of UN members, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.
Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) reports that Dacic said that President Aleksandar Vucic and himself spoke with representatives of 92 countries at the UN General Assembly.
Head of the Government's Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalovic told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that during the 90's conflict In Kosovo, there were 53 camps for Serbs and non-Albanians and that it is reasonable to suspect that there were mass graves in their vicinity.
Odalovic told Vecernje Novosti that some of these mass graves have been discovered, while the others are still being searched for.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said tonight that intensive talks are underway "with other countries" about revoking recognition of Kosovo's independence.
"They (representatives of Pristina) yesterday relieved us of all responsibility, saying that they had come for new recognitions of Kosovo's independence. Now I say publicly - we are working on new withdrawals of recognition, they are doing their job and we are doing ours, so let's see who will be more successful", Vucic told RTS.
President of Serbian List Goran Rakic told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that these elections directly decide the future of the Serbian people in Kosovo.
''It's simple situation, on October 6, our citizens are deciding whether they will have representatives in the Assembly in Pristina who will bravely fight for their interests or we will allow ourselves to be represented by Pristina’s favourites, who no longer hide but brag about the support they receive from Albanians,'' Rakic said.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Serbia
As he said, she will visit Serbia in 2020, prior to expiration of her term of office.
Aleksandar Vucic underlined after the meeting with Chancellor Merkel that they had discussed Kosovo, and economy.
The president said that there's no doubt that Europe wants a solution to the Kosovo problem and that Germany would insist on it.
Chairman of the Serbian Assembly Committee for KiM Milovan Drecun told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that the purpose of the elections in Kosovo is to stabilize the Albanian political scene, to build an executive that will be more unified on key political issues and have a firmer position for talks with Belgrade.
Drecun adds that one cannot see willingness among existing Albanian leaders to sit at the negotiating table and seriously engage in talks with Serbia.
MEP Tanja Fajon says she will continue to deal with Serbia in the new parliament.
"I expect to continue to deal with Serbia as chair of the Serbian-European Parliament Relations Committee," Fajon told Tanjug.
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said today at a meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Zahir Tanin that the United Nations has an inevitable role in the process of resolving Belgrade-Pristina relations.