UN chief: Concernful Kosovo police behaviour in Djuric case

The UN chief, in the UN Security Council's quarterly report, has called on the parties to avoid promotional statements.

“I am concerned about signs of worsening relations between Belgrade and Pristina, especially after the arrest of Kosovo Government Office Director Marko Djuric on March 26th. I call on both sides to avoid provocative actions and refrain from stimulating statements”, highlighted among other things in UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' report.

Ambassadors of UN Security Council member states will review this report in May.

He has at once called for a full “investigation of Djuriski's arrest case, claiming they needed “corrective measures” over human rights violations.

The UN's number one has also appeared concerned about the slow pace of investigations into the murder of Serbian politician Oliver Ivanovic, adding that “mutual doubt and uncertainty are an obstacle to confidence building between communities in Kosovo”.

The document also mentions Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, the Kosovo Clan broadcasts.

The “Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, mediated by the EU, appears to have plunged into a dead end. I call on both sides to give a new impetus to dialogue in order to implement all agreements reached so far”, he stressed.

UN Secretary General at the same time welcomed the Kosovo parliament's decision to ratify the demarcation agreement with Montenegro remains.

Guterres also said that in the three months covered in this new report on Kosovo, only three people from the non-Albanian ranks have returned.