Petkovic: Kurti not interested in de-escalation in north of Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE  - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday that, by refusing to receive a civic initiative for a dismissal of illegitimate mayors, the Albin Kurti-led authorities in Pristina had clearly demonstrated they were not interested in de-escalation and normalisation in the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

"Pristina's refusal to accept the citizens' request for a recall of the false mayors clearly shows that Kurti has been playing tricks all the time in order to deceive the EU as well as stop the process of a dismissal of illegal ethnic Albanian local authorities in the north," Petkovic said.

In a statement, Petkovic noted that de-escalation and normalisation of the situation in the four municipalities was one of the main demands of Belgrade as well as the EU but that Kurti intended to continue...