15 minutes agoVuciq calls the hypocritical “” international response to stopping Kosovo citizens
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Serbia's President Aleksandar Vuciq has named him the hypocritical “” the international community's reaction to a large number of Kosovo citizens who were detained by Serbian authorities at Serbian border points days ago. Vuciq said on Friday that in the past few days, no bus was stopped at the border [...]
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vuciq has named him the hypocritical “” the international community's reaction to a large number of Kosovo citizens who were detained by Serbian authorities at Serbian border points days ago.
Vuciq said on Friday that in the past days no bus has been detained at the Serbian border”, but some persons have been detained in Serbia for questioning.
On 17 April, according to authorities in Kosovo, Serbia banned over 1,400 Kosovars for more than 20 hours at its border crossings with Croatia and Hungary, which were passing the transit between Serbia.
The European Union and the American State Department reacted to this, criticising Serbia for violating the free movement agreement between the two countries.
There is no one in the world who has not reacted [to this]”, Vuciq said, assessing the international community's reaction as “hypocritical “
Two or three people were detained for questioning and all were released. One was questioned because he was in the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army)”, Vuciq said in a military exercise at Peshter.
Among the detainees were ten police officials, including Serbian national Kosovo Police Deputy Director General Dejan Jankovic.
The Kosovo government named these actions Serbia's revenge on support from the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly for Kosovo's membership in the organisation.
Serbia denied the accusations, saying the delays were caused by additional security measures at the border, and that the movement of Kosovo citizens “has not been restricted”.
The US State Department urged Serbia to refrain from unilateral and uncoordinated actions, to act with transparency and full compliance with the law concerning Kosovo citizens banned in Serbia yesterday.
“arbitrary or unfair long-term bans, especially if their goal is Kosovo Police officers, will be seen as escalating actions that undermine peace and stability”, a State Department spokesman for Radio Free Europe said on April 18th.
On April 18th, several tourist organisations from Kosovo told him Radio Free Europe that they had no problems stopping at the border this day.
