Serbian cleric worries about Albanians in Kosovo: “those who have taken power are destroying their people”

The Serbian Orthodox Church will never officially recognise the province of Kosovo and Metohija as an independent state, Montenegro's Bishop Metropolitan has said in an interview for TASS.

“Kisa will never recognise Kosovo's independence or the options for dividing it, that's our attitude. It is unacceptable for the church to abandon Deccanin, Gracanica and Peja [Forest Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and Metohija HINA TASS]. The toilet left that place with nothing but buildings where no one lives. He believes there is nothing in Kosovo and Metohija. Our entire historical existence and modernity are there,” Metropolis said.

According to the clergyman, the situation in Kosovo is not only bad for Serbs, but also for Albanians. The “those who have taken power in Kosovo are ashamed of the entire respected Albanian nation. They have destroyed their people, and now even Albanians are leaving Kosovo en masse. They are threatened in a moral and physical sense, living with drug trafficking, and crimes committed are unthinkable. If the EU takes off their visas, and I believe I have to do so, everyone will leave. ”

In the past year, Belgrade and Pristina had actively discussed a possible compromise involving the exchange of territories to ethnic grounds. The US seemed to support the idea, insisting on a final agreement, which would make Serbia partly recognise Kosovo. However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel had opposed this, saying that all these countries were in line for future in the European community.

Early in May, Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq had acknowledged that the idea of partition had failed. According to him, it would cost Serbia one arm and one leg in the decades to come. The Serbian leader had stressed that the partition had also been rejected in Serbia, but also internationally. /Periscope. T ASS