Vulin and Stefanovic talk security on administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija and in Ground Safety Zone

On the order of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and the President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, Minister of Interior Aleksandar Vulin and Minister of Defense Nebojsa Stefanovic held a meeting with the leaders of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Army, during which they considered security situation on the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija and in the Ground Safety Zone.

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After the meeting, Minister Vulin said that Serbian security forces would do everything to preserve peace and stability in the Ground Safety Zone and that he expected KFOR to finally carry out its task and take responsibility for the security situation on the administrative line.

The interior minister expressed concern over frequent incursions of organized Siptar (Albanian) gangs that cross the administrative line and steal timber in the Ground Safety Zone, and often open fire at members of our security forces.

"During last year alone we had 56 incursions of these gangs in the Ground Safety Zone, who are looting the property of our citizens in an organized manner. Last time it happened a couple of days ago. We will do everything to protect people and their property, because order and law are respected in every part of our territory, and property and personal security of every citizen of our country is guarded," Minister Vulin stressed.

The minister pointed out that KFOR is responsible for the security situation in the southern Serbian province, and thus on the administrative line with it, and is in charge of securing it and preventing incursions carried out by these timber thieves.

"Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who are in the Ground Safety Zone, as well as members of the Serbian Army, are ready to apply the law in the territory of the whole of Serbia and protect our people wherever they live," Minister Vulin stressed.

In addition to Ministers Vulin and Stefanovic, the meeting was also attended by Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army Milan Mojsilovic, Acting Police Director Dragan Vasiljevic and other senior police and military leaders.

(Telegraf.rs)