Situation in Kosovo far from safe and stable - FM

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said this on November 15 in New York City, at a session of the UN Security Council dedicted to Kosovo.

Speaking at the session at which the report of the UN secretary-general on the work of UNMIK from July 15 to October 15, but also from April 16 to July 15, was examined, Dacic voiced dissatisfaction over the decision of the United Kingdom as chair country not to include the topic of Kosovo and Metohija into the program of work of the Security Council in the previous period, the Serbian government said.

The conflict is far behind us, but we are also far from a stable and safe situation that no longer requires the attention of this body, Dacic said, adding that with regret he can conclude that nothing positive has really happened since the last session of the Security Council - the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), which is the pillar of the Brussels agreement, has not been established for more than 2,000 days, conditions have not been created for the return of 200,000 internally displaced persons, the Special Court has not started with work, and almost a year after the murder of Oliver Ivanovic the perpetrator of that heinous crime has not been found.

"None of this happened. And it is hard to say anything positive about the things that did happen, and which are a gross violation of the Resolution adopted by this respected body, new provocations and new incidents," the minister said.

Dacic referred to the laws of the so-called Kosovo Assembly, which will practically enable the transformation of the Kosovo police into armed forces, which Serbia explicitly opposes, then to preventing President Vucic from visiting the town of Banje and to the incursion...