Brnabic: Kurti causing fresh escalation to avoid commitments

LONDON - Commenting on the latest developments in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday they were another provocation by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti, who she said was causing a fresh escalation and a new wave of violence to avoid commitments from the Brussels and Ohrid agreements, including the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities.

Speaking to reporters in London, where she is on a two-day visit, Brnabic appealed to international partners to help Belgrade to preserve peace and stability and to keep insisting on implementation of all agreements.

She said her meeting with the UK's special Western Balkans envoy Stuart Peach on Monday evening had addressed ways to improve the situation in the Western Balkans and "create better cooperation in that sense and closer cooperation between Britain and Serbia."

"We especially...