Petkovic: Laws to support Kosovo-Metohija Serbs unrelated to commitments from dialogue

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday laws to be passed by Serbia to support Serbs in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija were unrelated to Belgrade's commitments from the dialogue with Pristina and were a direct consequence of, and a reaction to, oppression against the Serbs by the Pristina regime and a lack of visible actions by the EU rule of law mission - EULEX - to protect the Serbs, ensure rule of law and avert a humanitarian disaster in Kosovo-Metohija, caused by Albin Kurti's unilateral moves and violence against the Serbs.

"Since Kurti's rise to power (as Pristina's PM), 555 ethnically motivated incidents and 127 escalatory moves by the Pristina regime have been registered and, since the June 3 call on Pristina by the EU-27 to urgently deescalate the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, almost 20...