Stefanovic: Pristina's Banjska indictment has no relevance whatsoever

BELGRADE - The chief public prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade Nenad Stefanovic said on Wednesday that, from the standpoint of the legal order of the Republic of Serbia, an indictment raised by the so-called Kosovo special prosecution office against 45 people for last year's armed clashes in Banjska, near Zvecan, Kosovo-Metohija, had no relevance whatsoever.

In the indictment, raised earlier in the day, the group was charged with terrorism and criminal offences "against the constitutional order and security" and with "terrorism financing and money laundering."

In a statement to Tanjug, Stefanovic said the territorial integrity of Serbia including Kosovo-Metohija was guaranteed by UNSCR 1244, and noted that institutions of the so-called Kosovo had no competence to conduct any proceedings, including criminal ones.

He noted that one...