The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, will submit a formal request to the commander of the international peacekeeping force – KFOR to allow the deployment of the Serbian army and police in Kosovo.
He stated this at a press conference he gave on Saturday, December 10.
Vucic pointed out that “Serbia submits the request for the deployment of army and police in Kosovo in accordance with UN Resolution 1244. of the United Nations, 1999” and added that “this Resolution obliges the KFOR administration to facilitate the return of the Serbian security forces”. The president of Serbia said that the relevant decision on sending the request to the commander of KFOR will be taken by the government council at the beginning of next week.
Aleksandar Vucic said he had no illusions and knew the request would be rejected, while he said the appeal to legitimacy would guide Serbia’s future moves on the Kosovo issue.
It is noted that this will be the first time since 1999 that Serbia has officially requested the full implementation of Resolution 1244 which, among other things, provides for the return to Kosovo of 1,000 members of the Serbian security forces, under certain conditions and after the approval of the commander of KFOR.
Aleksandar Vucic, at the press conference, also referred to the request that Kosovo intends to submit on December 15 for joining the European Union. Vucic pointed out that “only independent states can join the EU, which Kosovo is not.”
Regarding this matter, the president of Serbia stated that he sent letters to the presidents and prime ministers of the five EU countries (Spain, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Cyprus) that do not recognize Kosovo as an independent state.
Source: News Beast
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