Serbian PM calls on KFOR, UNMIK to "remain neutral"

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic has stated that Serbia did not bear responsibility for the current situation in northern Kosovo.

(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, August 03, 2011

He blamed the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina and international institutions active in the province for the flare-up.

The prime minister spoke on Tuesday in Belgrade to call on international representatives to engage in talks with Serbian government officials in order to bring back calm and return to the situation that existed before the crisis.

Cvetkovic also stated that he believed the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue should be "renewed".

"Representatives of the international community, KFOR and EULEX, must remain neutral, and not take sides - as they are doing right now by refusing to talk to legitimate representatives of the Republic of Serbia, and by blocking food convoys, which could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe," concluded the Serbian premier.