"Thaci's move should be put on Stoltenberg's table"

The president of Serbia is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. During this month, he is also expected to meet with NATO's secretary general.

Jens Stoltenberg is coming to Belgrade at a very delicate moment in view of what happened in Kosovo this weekend. There are no official details of that the visit might look like, and what might be discussed, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences Dragan Simeunovic told Prva TV on Monday.

He says this visit was planned earlier and is not directly related to the events in Kosovo and Metohija, but adds that it is "a good opportunity to talk about the casualty of the EU factor that allows for Pristina's ignorance and provocations."

"What (Hashim) Thaci did was intended for his voters and competiton, to show them that he can go to (Lake) Gazivode, which others can't at this moment. This visit came when a lot of protesters gathered in front of his building, who were telling him they disagree with his policy," Simeunovic said. He also thinks that Thaci's gesture should be "put on Stoltenberg's table"

Meanwhle, Tanjug is reporting, citing Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, that the "storming" of Lake Gazivode, carried out by Kosovo special units in this area in northern, mostly Serb part of Kosovo, took place on Saturday with three KFOR, i.e., NATO drones in the sky above.

According to the newspaper, one of them directly covered the North of the province, "so Belgrade is ruling out the possibility that the military mission was unaware of Thaci's operation."

Furthermore, "citing unnamed sources, the daily said that even UN vehicles could be seen accompanying Thaci."

Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric told reporters on Saturday, referring to special Kosovo police forces, that "terrorists stormed in and took over Lake Gazivode" - a major hydro-power resource located in the North - and that...

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