Attacks on Serbian churches in Kosovo: Police don't deny Periscope operation “Qultet”

Kosovo's “Police launched the “Qultet” plan in order to protect the Serbian Orthodox Church”, reports TanjugPeriscope broadcast.

Periscop has sent questions to the Kosovo Police to confirm whether or not there is a police plan, as Serbian media report.

From the Kosovo Police for Periscope, they have not confirmed, but have neither confirmed that Operation Kullte has been functional. Police have told Periscope that in religious and even Serbian Orthodox sites, they dominate thefts aimed at misuse of property and that none of the 11 cases reported by police concerned religious access to them.

“in most cases dominate various cases of theft aimed at misusing legal property. These are mostly small material damage to buildings that have no religious personnel at all times. Much damage to cultural and religious heritage objects is also caused in cases of attempted theft or during the theft. Building attacks with the main purpose of damage have not been reported. Therefore, Kosovo police consistently care for providing security and preservation to the Cultural and Religious Heritage facilities.”, Kosovo Police have said.

Meanwhile, according to the PKU, in 2021 alone, 11 cases were reported for theft in Orthodox religious objects and 28 in Muslim ones.

The tender of Serbian media that their religious sites are being damaged in Kosovo following recent developments regarding the Decani History, which the renowned cultural heritage organisation “Europepa Nostra” posted on the list of the 7 most endangered cultural sites in Europe.

Shortly after that, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Vjosa Osmani sent letter to the cultural heritage organisation “Europa Nostra” that Decani Manastiri is endangered.

Furthermore, the government of Kosovo has accepted the QUINT (United States, France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain) demand for respecting the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the land of the Decani Monastery.

We encourage it (the government) to proceed without delay with the process of registering the Decani Monastery property in line with the Constitutional Court's decision”, it was said in the statement.

By contrast, in 2008, Kosovo's Assembly adopted the Law on Special Protection Areas, which should ensure the protection of Serbian Orthodox monasteries, churches, other religious sites, as well as historical and cultural sites of special importance to the Serb community as well as to other communities in the Republic of Kosovo.

Decani Monastery is one of the protected areas under this law./Periscopi/