OSCE high commissioner voices concern over situation in Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - At a meeting with Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov voiced concerns over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and noted that OSCE advocated peace and continued dialogue.

Orlic noted the particularly difficult position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and said their human rights were "fundamentally jeopardised by Pristina on a daily basis."

"In Kosovo-Metohija, besides a violation of all agreements, an intentional avoidance of establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities and implementation of what was agreed and signed a long time ago, shots are fired at Serb children, supplies of food and medicines are blocked, people are unlawfully detained and their property is taken away from them without any legal consequences whatsoever for the perpetrators, and we know who the perpetrators are,"...