Government of Kosovo

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti had again tried, unsuccessfully, to shift the blame for the failure of dialogue on Belgrade.

This is claimed by the so-called deputy director of the Kosovo Police for the North region, Veton Elshani.
He told Klan Kosova that the action started at 12 o'clock and is still ongoing.
According to him, the action was initiated because the aforementioned facility allegedly does not have an adequate permit for work.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has filed a reservation to an EU declaration adopted at Wednesday's EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels to protect Serbian interests, making it clear that Kosovo-Metohija remained an integral part of the Republic of Serbia in line with UNSCR 1244, the Serbian government said in a statement.

This was announced by KFOR last night on its X network, stating that the new battalion is part of a peacekeeping mission.
"KFOR continues to fulfill its UN mandate in providing a safe and secure environment for all communities in Kosovo," the announcement said.

PRISTINA - Kfor Commander Ozkan Ulutas said on Friday that, following an escalation of tensions in recent months, the security situation in Kosovo-Metohija had improved and that NATO had promptly responded to recent violence by deploying 1,000 more troops and additional armoured vehicles.

"There is nothing nice and easy for us there, nor will we hear anything nice and easy within those talks. The good thing is that Serbia avoided that scenario of being the culprit, of being a disruptive factor, of wanting conflicts, because that scenario has already been prepared with the aim of not only accusing Serbia, but also punishing it," Vuevi told Happy television.

WASHINGTON - Serbian Ambassador to the US Marko Djuric said on Thursday support to a transformation of the so-called Kosovo Security Force into an army did not contribute to dialogue, defusing of tensions and normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

NEW YORK - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said she had had a brief and good meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York and that he was familiar with the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic represents Serbia at a session of the United Nations Security Council at which the Report on the work of UNMIK will be examined today in New York.
The beginning of the session is scheduled for 15:00 local time in New York.

NEW YORK - In his latest semi-annual report on the work of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Belgrade and Pristina to "exercise restraint and refrain from taking unilateral actions that could lead to heightened tensions and further escalation."