Kosovo office chief takes trip despite threat of arrest
Kosovo Office Director Aleksandar Vulin has said that threats about his arrest for traveling to Kosovo were an attempt to divert attention from real problems.
(KosovoCompromiseStuff) Monday, October 15, 2012
The threats were coming from the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina.
Vulin, who was on Sunday in Kosovo, told TV Most from Zvecan that Serbs in Kosovo did not enjoy a safe environment, and "found it difficult to go to bed in their homes and welcome the morning peacefully".
"The problems in Kosovo are thousands of people killed, without anyone found guilty, many people unemployed, living in misery and in the shadow of violence, and also the fact Priština does not know whether it wants to talk, and on what subject," he stated.
Vulin also announced that the aid sent to the residents of Kosovo and Metohija would in the future be distributed "in a different and more fair manner":
"We will do everything in order to make many things more appropriate, and will not abolish the Kosovo bonus because there were some abuses."
"We can't throw out the baby with the bath water, because a huge majority of people who live here are honorable and hard working, and they should be fought for, and we will also fight against everything that's not good," Vulin said, according to a Beta news agency report.
Tanjug reported that Vulin was in Metohija on Sunday in order to attend the opening of the Office of the Board for Kosovo and Metohija of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), in the town of Pec.
His trip came despite the fact that a warrant was issued for his arrest by the institutions in Pristina.
"Despite the arrest threats coming from Priština every day, I was with my people in Kosovo and I will continue to be with them in the time to come," Vulin noted and sent a message to Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija "not to respond to provocations which can cause damage to them".
According to Vulin, Serbia "has always been with its people and this will continue to be so in the time to come".
"Serbia will do all it can to improve the life of the Serb population in the southern province," Vulin during his visit to the Patriarchy of Pec, the traditional seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
