President wants to "wait and see if Pristina's lying again"

The Serbian president said this on Friday, apparently in reference to the deadline Serb representatives in Kosovo gave authorities in Pristina to form the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), before they do it themselves.

Setting up the ZSO is Pristina's obligation stemming from the 2013 EU-brokered Brussels agreement.

According to Vucic, "the essence of all the events in Kosovo, in particular these last days" is Kosovo authorities' wish to occupy northern, majority-Serb north.

"Everything else are fabricated stories. That's all they're interested in and everyone in Serbia should know that," he told reporters while touring a construction site on the Corridor 11 highway section between Lajkovac and Ljig in western Serbia.

When asked to comment on Kosovo President Hashim Thaci's statement that the Serbian Army "can enter Kosovo, but the soldiers will not go back" - and another by Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj, who said he "needs" northern Kosovo - Vucic replied that he "has nothing to say" and that he was "aware of their desires and intentions."

"They're big, powerful, and strong, just like their sponsors, while we are a small people that can be beaten, they can do anything, and have the support of the western public for that. Imagine what would happen if some NGO invited some official from Kosovo (to central Serbia) and we burst into the gathering and battered them," the president said, in apparent reference to the arrest on Monday in Kosovo of Serbian official Marko Djuric.

The reason Pristina gave for the arrest was Djuric's alleged "entry without permission" - but Vucic said today his trip took place "legally, both under our and their rules."

"Just let them flex their muscles, we'll strive...