I suggest the State Department, instead of announcement about Crimea, to explain how they ripped Kosovo from the state of Serbia without referendum, with bombs and missiles, wrote Russian Senator Aleksey Pushkov on his twitter, reports Serbian media.

He reminded that Crimea was Russian at a time when America did not exist. He commented the Washington's condemnation of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Crimea.

We are pleased it has been clarified that General Scaparrotti's recent statements about Serbia and the Serb nation "are not the stance of the Pentagon."

The Serbian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website.

The announcement came after the US Department of Defence said on Thursday it was "misinformation" that prompted Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin to criticize US Europe Commander Curtis Scaparrotti.

Leader of the opposition Movement of Free Citizens (PSG), Sasa Jankovic told USA State Department official Wess Mitchell “it is an illusion that Kosovo issue can be solved in a dictatorship instead democracy,” Serbian media reported.

Jankovic also added “Mitchell leaves the Balkans obviously more concerned than when he arrived.”

Jankovic said that the Association of Serb Municipalities, the collective rights of Serbs and extraterritoriality of monasteries are achievable.

Deputy Leader of Peoples Party (NS) Nikola Jovanovic said there is a room to reach a compromised solution for Kosovo, however the authorities in Serbia are negotiating unskillfully and damaging the credibility of the state, thus becoming conducive for pressure, BETA news agency reported.

Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic says she hopes the European Union will recognize the huge wish, work and flexibility of Serbia to resolve the issue of Kosovo and Metohija.

At the same time, the PM Brnabic stressed that Serbia is "not a country that is economically, politically and socially weak, and cannot be blackmailed."

Senior US official Wess Mitchell confirmed America’s support for the establishment of a regular army in Kosovo during his visit to Serbia – which strongly opposes the idea.

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell reaffirmed Washington’s support for the establishment of a Kosovo army after a meeting with Serbia’s President, Aleksandar Vucic, on Wednesday.

Leader of Peoples Party (Vuk Jeremic) told Sputnik that Pristina’s allies got sick of Kosovo story and want to reach a solution as soon as possible.

Jeremic added, membership of Kosovo to the UN is not as much important to Pristina as it is important to its allies in the international arena, who would like “to conclude the story they got sick of”.

USA Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Wess Mitchell urged both parties to implement the obligations from the Brussels agreement, Serbian media reported.

Speaking at a press conference, following the meeting with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Mitchell said that Kosovo has the right to establish professional forces that would deal with security, and it would be no threat to Serbia and Serbs.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had "a good, open, content-rich and important conversation" with a visiting US State department official.

According to Vucic, the conversation with Wess Mitchell was important for relations between Serbia and the United States, and they talked about several topics, but above all about Kosovo and Metohija.

United Serbia (JS) leader Dragan Markovic Palma said in Ankara that the coup attempt in Turkey was organized by FETO, which is the same as the KLA for Serbia.

According to him, when two years ago the attempted coup was organized in Turkey, Serbia was among the first countries to give support to the Turkish people and President Erdogan.

"This coup attempt was a terrorist act triggered by Gulen's terrorist organization FETO, and FETO is the same as the KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") in Kosovo and Metohija," Markovic says.