Kosovo Tries to Stir Up Trouble in Serbia With 'Kosovan Passports'

Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who is well known for making inflammatory statements regarding Serbian territory, has again instigated tension by offering Kosovan citizenship to ethnic Albanian residents of southern Serbia.

According to media reports, on Monday Haradinaj told a meeting of Albanian representatives from the southeast Serbian regions of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedj that the residents of "east Kosovo" will be able to get a Kosovan passport "not in a matter of months or days, but hours."

The Serbian government has reacted coolly to the latest provocation from Pristina. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said that the topic of Kosovan passports for the residents of southern Serbia is "not open for debate," while President Alexander Vucic said, "I don't know what they'll do with a Kosovan passport," adding sarcastically, "they'll get far with it."