Beyani urges greater security for Kosovo-Metohija returnees

BELGRADE - Ensuring a sustainable return to Kosovo-Metohija calls for greater engagement on returnee safety and security, as well as on the internally displaced persons' exercise of property rights, Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, said Monday.

Due to a lack of basic conditions for a sustainable return, the number of returnees in the province is still devastatingly low, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said during a meeting with Beyani, who confirmed there was a need to create conditions for permanent solutions for IDPs that included return and integration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Beyani noted the significance of Serbia's EU accession talks - in particular negotiation chapter 23 - and the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue for solving the problem of internal displacement.
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