Serbia bans Gervala visit after Petkovic's entry was banned

Following the detention at Jarinje of the director of the so-called “Zyra for Kosovo and Metohija” in Serbia's government, Petar Petkoviq of Kosovo authorities, the same has been returned to Minister Gervala.

The news has also been confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora.

We requested permission. The visit has failed because of Belgrade's dishonest games. We will try, however, to realise the visit at another time of”, their response is said.

Meanwhile, the director of the so-called “Zyra for Kosovo” in Serbia's government, Petar Petkov, has declared that official Belgrade has approved the request of a member of Prime Minister Kurti's cabinet to visit Bujanoc and Presevo.

Petkov has spoken from Jarinje to approve a visiting request in the Presevo Valley of a Kosovo government member, without specifying who it is about.

Contrary to Pristina, which forbids our entry, Belgrade is behaving responsibly and we respect all the agreements. Today we have approved the entry of a cabinet member of Kurti to Presevo and Bujanoc because we respect the agreement and freedom of movement and agreement on official visits which clearly demonstrate that we want normalisation of relations, we want to build peace and want better relations that is the key to peace and stability in the Western Balkans”, Petkov said.