Slaviša Ristić

And he urged the Serbs not to do that.

Kosovo Albanians 11 years ago unilaterally declared independence of this Serbian province - but Serbia considers the move a violation of its Constitution and territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Serbs who have been protesting against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic for the past six weeks on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic’s murder.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said this in an interview for the espreso.rs website.

He is convinced that "those who do not understand that will lead Serbia into the greatest tragedy from which we will exit defeated, more defeatedg than ever."

The president wants this to be the case "regardless of the further moves of Pristina."

This was stated by Serb List leader Goran Rakic.

Djuric told an unscheduled press conference on Wednesday in Belgrade said that Serbia is calling on the EU and the entire international community to "make Pristina see reason without delay."

"I see that Serbs and citizens of Serbia do not want to solve the problems in Kosovo and Metohija, and it seems to me that we do not understand what we are dealing with," the president told RTS, and added:

At the fifth joint meeting of the governments of Albania and Kosovo in Peja, in Kosovo, the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama backed the decision of the Kosovo government to raise the tax on imports from Serbia and Bosnia from 10 to 100 per cent.

On the occasion of the announcement of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Assembly's announcement, that at no cost should the question of full sovereignty and integrity of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija be put under a question mark, Vucic said that sovereignty is guarded by territory and people, and asked what of that Serbia has in Kosovo.

 Kosovo's government, on Sunday, cancelled a planned visit of the Serbian President to the Kosovo village of Banje due to "security reasons".

The decision came after 200 Kosovo war veterans who oppose Vucic's visit to the village with Serbian majority of population put up barricades at the entrance of the village.