Last night in Kosovska Mitrovica, three Serbian youths were brutally detained and beaten by Kosovo police officers in an act that reflects Albin Kurti's anti-Serbian policies. This incident starkly exemplifies the repression and daily suffering endured by Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija.
Kurti's campaign of police occupation continues with the construction of yet another police station in the same area. This new station brings neither security nor peace to the local Serbian population. Instead, it represents a direct threat, intimidation, and provocation aimed at the remaining Serbs in the region.
Under the Brussels Agreement, Pristina and Kurti have no right to establish mono-ethnic police bases or training grounds in northern Kosovo. His actions aim to create a fait accompli by ethnically cleansing the area, where Serbs are the overwhelmingly dominant ethnic group.
Given the gravity of the situation, the Republic of Serbia continues its intensive diplomatic efforts to engage the international community in pressuring the Albanian authorities in Pristina to respect the collective, human, economic, and other rights of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. As a result of these efforts, Kurti's regime has largely been identified by international observers as responsible for the current situation in the province. Even the European Union has acknowledged that they are the non-constructive party in the dialogue process.
However, this is not enough. Kurti’s campaign of terror against the Serbian population persists. Those present in Kosovo and Metohija under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, responsible for ensuring the safety of all citizens, must not remain silent in the face of Kurti's actions. His policies are ruining the chances for a compromise and peaceful solution to the problems in Serbia’s southern province. Despite the international community being preoccupied with other global crises, we urge key international actors, particularly the United States, not to allow Kurti's chauvinistic policies, aimed at the ethnic persecution of Serbs, to go unpunished.
