Aleksandar Vucic, Kosovo: Ethnic Albanians were gathering for another pogrom of the remaining Serbs

Aleksandar Vucic has urged Pristina and Western powers to avoid conflict, but vowed to use force if Serbs are persecuted

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has issued a plea for peace in Kosovo amid rising tensions with Pristina. However, he also vowed to fight to the death if ethnic Serbs in the self-proclaimed republic are targeted for another pogrom.

“The atmosphere has been heated up, and the Serbs will not suffer any more atrocities,” Vucic said in Belgrade on Sunday. “My plea to everyone is to try to keep the peace at almost any cost. I am asking the Albanians to come to their senses, the Serbs not to fall for provocations, but I am also asking the representatives of powerful and large countries, which have recognized the so-called independence of Kosovo, to pay a little attention to international law and reality on the ground and not to allow their wards to cause conflict.”

Vucic’s comments came as Pristina prepared to implement a controversial law requiring ethnic Serbs living in the disputed territory to replace their Serbian-issued vehicle registrations with Kosovo plates, starting on Monday. Kosovo also may require the replacement of other types of Serbian-issued documents, such as identification cards, and it will make a renewed attempt to ban entry or issue temporary papers to travelers with Serbian-issued documents or license plates.

Church bells ran in alarm across the northern part of the province on Sunday, amid reports that armed ethnic Albanians were gathering for another pogrom of the remaining Serbs – as had happened in 2004.

Serbia’s president claimed last month that the registration policy was part of an effort to force the remaining Serbs out of Kosovo. He referred to this initiative. “A New Storm” Regarding the Croatian military operation in 1995 that forced most Serbs to flee Croatia.
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Reportan que las fuerzas de Kosovo bloquean carreteras con Serbia, suenan sirenas y se oyen disparos:
[https://www.elethos.gr/2022/07/reportan-que-las-fuerzas-de-kosovo.html]
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El Ejército kosovar planea realizar un ataque al norte de Serbia a la medianoche, declara el presidente serbio:
[https://www.kaos.gr/2022/07/el-ejercito-kosovar-planea-realizar-un.html]
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