Tanjug reporter: Claims by Pristina's police I was allowed to enter Kosovo-Metohija untrue

BELGRADE - Tanjug reporter Andjelko Utjesanovic, who was on Wednesday denied entry to Kosovo-Metohija, says claims by the so-called Kosovo Police that he was allowed to enter the territory are untrue.

In a statement for the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) website, Utjesanovic said a refusal letter and an email sent by the Pristina government to the Serbian Orthodox Church to inform it that he had been banned from entering were proof of this.

He noted that a church delegation with which he had set off for Kosovo-Metohija had been notified of the ban about ten minutes before they had arrived at the Merdare administrative crossing.

"The church received an email from the Pristina government stating that I was not allowed to enter Kosovo-Metohija, and the information also reached the delegation. Even though the information was conveyed to me, I wanted to...