FM: Maybe clouded minds plan to cause incidents in North

The foreign minister and first deputy PM spoke for TV Pink on Wednesday and did not rule out the possibility that those incidents would be caused by "those with clouded minds" who want to conquer the north of Kosovo (predominantly inhabited by Serbs).

Dacic recalled that this was not the first such warning, and that "the international community has done it before."
According to him, the warnings relating to the north of Kosovo are sometimes also connected with a criminalization of Serbs carried out by Pristina, "because, it is constantly saying that there is a criminal structure in the north and that it is unstable there."
"Whereas in Pristina, there are criminal authorities that are now accusing the North of Kosovo of being a crime hub. However, since the warning came at this time, it is interpreted as meaning that there could be major incidents not related to crime, instead it could, happens if somebody gets the idea - and there I' m thinking of those with clouded minds - to conquer the north of Kosovo and Metohija by military means," Dacic said.
He added neither Serbia nor Pristina have full sovereignty over Kosovo on the ground. Serbia, Dacic continued,, does not have full sovereignty since the NATO bombing and the Kumanovo Agreement, while Pristina doesn't have full sovereignty in the north of Kosovo and Metohija.
"Their aim is to, if things drag out, try to achieve the Croatian scenario and create another (Operation) Storm, expel Serbs from Kosovo and extend their sovereignty to the north. That is why our warning both to the international community and to our citizens is that frozen conflict will not last forver, because it is a problematic concept that could lead to such attacks," Dacic said.
He added that it is not...

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