"There will be no war in southern Serbia"

Stankovic categorically claims that a war in this area will not happen, in spite of "constant announcements" to the contrary.

The president of the coordinating body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvea commented for the daily Vecernje Novosti in this way on the situation and raising tensions among the public, and after the news that ethniccAlbanians from those three municipalities had asked the Assembly in Pristina to pass a resolution supporting their request for joining Kosovo.

In an interview with the Belgrade-based newspaper, Stankovic pointed out that our security structures are performing their duties well, and recalled that the merger (with Kosovo) talk is exacerbated by "some who are referring to an illegal referendum from 1992" - but also recalled that these same forced have lost elections in all three municipalities.

"The people showed them what they thinks, and this uncertainty, which is also being stressed in the media, is damaging, because it prevents the arrival of investors, who seek political and security stability," says Stankovic.

He also noted that the term "Presevo ​​valley", which is emphasized in Hashim Thaci's merger with Kosovo story - and also by some representatives of the Albanians from the South- is in fact political, rather that a geographical, administrative or any other term, that exists in any way.

"The municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo belong to the Pcinje District while Medvedja belongs to the Jablanica District," he explained, adding that Albanians first used the term "eastern Kosovo" for that part of Serbia after their armed rebellion in 2000 and 2001, and then changed it to the "Presevo valley."

He said that in the meantime, this term has even come to be used by...