Serbian Office for Kosovo: Pristina is destabilising the region

Djuric told Politika that, would Pristina be behaving reasonably, it would refrain from destabilising and escalating the situation in the region, adding that neither Serbs, nor Albanians would benefit from it.

The establishment of Kosovo’s army is, according to Djuric, illegal. It breaches the Kumanovo Agreement and Resolution 1244, with which the the war in Kosovo and Metohija has ended but which is contrary to the constitution which Pristina adopted.

Would international law be applied, KFOR would have to disarm any Albanian paramilitary in Kosovo and not help one be formed, he said.

The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force which was responsible for establishing a secure environment after the war in Kosovo.

"You can’t put weapons into the hands of irresponsible and twisted people and expect they will use it only for military exercises," Djuric said.

Asked whether Belgrade will react if Pristina sends that army to the north where mostly Serbs live, Djuric said that President Aleksandar Vucic has clearly stated that Serbia will not allow any military operations against Serbs as the ones seen during the Yugoslav wars, "and to anyone who is smart, this should be enough."

He said the negotiations with Pristina over the status of Kosovo were currently "put on ice."