Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petković met today with Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Director of the UN Office in Belgrade Dominika Krois on UNMIK’s work ahead of the UN Security Council’s regular session tomorrow.
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UN’s role irreplaceable in preserving peace in Kosovo and Metohija
Belgrade,
7 April 2025
The interlocutors exchanged opinions on the UNMIK report, which is to present the situation in Kosovo and Metohija over the past six months, with Petković expressing expectations that it will cover numerous incidents that Priština has recently caused with unilateral and unlawful actions, committing terror and daily harassment of the Serb population.
Petković emphasised that Priština’s latest escalatory moves are putting the survival of Serbs in the province at risk and seriously jeopardising peace on the ground.
He pointed to the latest arrests of Serbian pilgrims from central Serbia, with the aim of creating new tensions and new pressures on Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.
According to him, a total of 16 Serbs were detained over the weekend while attempting to visit Serbian churches and monasteries ahead of the major Orthodox holiday of the Annunciation, assessing that this clearly constitutes both physical and legal violence, as well as a suppression of religious freedoms.
Belgrade, he noted, remains firmly committed to, above all, preserving peace and stability in Kosovo and Metohija and the region, as well as upholding international rules and norms.
He underlined the irreplaceable role of the UN Mission in Kosovo and Metohija in preserving peace, security and the protection of human rights and he also expressed hope that international organisations and institutions on the ground will fulfil their mandates and help create conditions in which attacks on Serbs will no longer be tolerated.
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