Petkovic reacts to provocations: Serbia's not "carcinogenic," but Pristina's statements. Accept ZSO

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The director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, reacted to a statement made by Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani by saying that "Serbia is not carcinogenic, as Osmani said, instead her statement is carcinogenic, showing the true nature of the authorities of provisional institutions in Pristina and their malignant effect on building peace and stability in Kosovo and Metohija, but also in the region."

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In a press release, Petkovic said that Kosovo president's clear intention was to "try to provoke a new crisis in Kosovo and Metohija with inflammatory rhetoric and impose herself as an important political factor in Pristina with anti-Serbian statements and actions."

"Nether Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija nor Belgrade will be hostages to political ambitions, nor will they allow new actions in Serb communities. The formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) with executive powers is not only an obligation of Pristina undertaken by the Brussels Agreement, but also an obligation that Pristina undertook before its own institutions.

Therefore, it is clear that by disrespecting both the Brussels agreements and its own institutions, Vjosa Osmani actually puts hatred towards Serbia above any other motive, and that she is not interested in searching for missing persons, normalizing relations and building mutual trust through dialogue, but only in an inflammatory political agenda," said Petkovic.

According to him, the formation of the ZSO will be the main topic during the next meeting in Brussels, as confirmed by the European Union, and that is why he says it is high time for Vjosa Osmani and other Albanian politicians to accept that reality and start procedures for forming the ZSO.

"And the fact that Vjosa Osmani would like to reduce the life of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija to the level of a non-governmental organization, clearly speaks of Pristina's intention to put Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija in a political and economic ghetto, in which there would be no freedom of movement or freedom of opinion - but they will not succeed," concluded Petkovic.

(Telegraf.rs)