Response to Kurti: Head of Commission for Military-Technical Agreement reacts

Photo: Nikola Tomic

Regarding Albin Kurti's allegations about the movement of the forces of the Serbian Army near the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija, the head of the Commission for the Implementation of the Military-Technical Agreement, Colonel Zoran Jovanovic, pointed out that this is a continuation of a disinformation campaign directed against the Serbian Army and the security forces of the Republic of Serbia.

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"In a social media post, members of the Serbian Army can be seen in the Ground Safety Zone performing regular duties of guarding the administrative line and controlling the Ground Safety Zone, in accordance with the Military Technical and all other agreements that have been signed.

The Serbian Army units perform these duties and oversee the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement in cooperation with the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo and Metohija (KFOR). The Commission for the Implementation of the Military Technical Agreement is responsible for supervising the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement, ensuring cooperation with KFOR and maintaining constant communication between the security forces of the Republic of Serbia and KFOR.

The falsehoods and disinformation, which have proven to be outright lies many times before, are part of a bigger campaign led by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Priština aiming to cause greater tensions, deceive the public, create intolerable living conditions for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and avoid fulfilling the internationally recognized obligations.

There is no place for the so-called Kosovo police or the so-called Kosovo Security Forces in securing the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija, since the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Military Technical Agreement do not authorize any subjects, other than the international civilian and security presence in the Province and the security forces of the Republic of Serbia, to do so. Therefore, claims that the so-called Kosovo authorities closely monitor the situation for any administrative line crossings have no basis in reality and show total disrespect for the agreements that have been reached.

With timely and thorough preparations, proper organization of troops and adequate tactical actions and procedures, the Serbian Army guards the administrative line, exercise control, prevent illegal crossings and activities of extremist individuals and groups, as well as the activities of organized crime in the Ground Safety Zone and will continue to be a factor of peace and stability, which cannot be said for the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Pristina," stressed Colonel Jovanovic.

(Telegraf.rs)