Dacic: No one will be on Pristina's side if it defies entire world

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday the Serbian leadership had reacted "sternly, swiftly and well" to complex developments in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

He said restoring the situation from before the recent local elections held by Pristina in the north of the province was the only way of de-escalation.

Dacic welcomed US positions on the developments there and commended Washington's clear warning to Pristina's PM Albin Kurti that he must form a Community of Serb Municipalities.

"I think that both the US and the EU are angry because Kurti has made the situation complicated and caused clashes through unilateral moves," Dacic said, adding that Kurti's moves led from one escalation to another.

Pristina has become accustomed to being a darling of the West and has never faced a policy of threats, he said.

No one will be on Pristina's...