European Parliament is expected to adopt a resolution on Kosovo- Serbia

The European Parliament (EP) is expected to adopt an extraordinary resolution on relations between Kosovo and Serbia later this month, following the attack by an armed Serb group against the Kosovo Police in the country's north on 24 September, Croatian MP in EP, Tonino Picaula, announced on Monday.

The request for this resolution was made by Picula himself, regarding reports between the two neighbouring countries and the security situation in northern Kosovo following the attack.

Picaula said he received the necessary majority for his proposal and that the resolution will be discussed at the second plenary session this month.

“We condemn the recent aggression of terrorists armed to the Kosovo police officer. All facts of this attack must be cleared and responsible to face justice“, Picaula said.

Kosovo police were attacked by an armed Serb group in the village of Banjska, in the municipality of Zvecan on 24 September, where Sergeant Africa Bulnjak was killed. The attackers fled to the village monastery after being attacked in an ambush by a police patrol from where they continued their confrontation with the police, and three of them were killed.

Kosovo police arrested and detained three attackers, as well as found extraordinary weapons arsenals at the scene after the attack.

Serbia has denied Kosovo's accusations that it is involved in this attack, named terrorist by Kosovo authorities.

For relations between Kosovo and Serbia, the performance of dialogue and tensions in the north will be discussed Tuesday on 3 October at a plenary session of the European Parliament.

Five days after the attack, Milan Radovici took responsibility for the attack, and resigned from the post of deputy head of the Serbian List of Serbs in Kosovo, which has the support of the Serbian government.

The attack in the north took place about two weeks after Kurti and Vuciqi failed to reach agreement on normalising relations during the European Union-brokered summit in Brussels on 14 September.

Pristina believes it must be a mutual recognition, while Belgrade insists on a compromise solution.

Serbia does not recognise Kosovo's independence, declared in 2008, and has the support of allies Russia and China against it. /rel/