Kosovo is challenging Serbia's security and creating the risk of violent clashes in the region, President Alexander Vucic warned on Tuesday while addressing the national parliament.
Vucic accused Kosovo authorities of exacerbating tensions on the territory's border with Serbia by increasing the presence of special forces.
"We are at a moment when Serbia, due to the steps of Pristina, is facing significant security challenges... I want to say that the presence of the special forces of Pristina police in the north of Kosovo and Metohija is increasing. I will also tell you about the strengthening of our posts," Vucic explained.He stressed that "there is no creation of a crisis by the Serbian side," and warned that "the danger is close, objective and serious."
Vucic stated in a televised address last week that Serbia was being pressured by some European powers to resolve the conflict with Kosovo by signing an agreement, which would essentially recognize the breakaway province.
According to Vucic, Belgrade has also been asked to clarify its position on the confrontation between the West and Russia over Ukraine. Serbia has "again become collateral damage in the conflicts of the great powers," Vucic concluded.
After gathering support from the West, Kosovo declared its independence in 2008. However, while the US and many of its allies have recognized Kosovo as independent, Serbia, Russia, China and the UN have not. Neither have five EU member states.
Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo reignited in early August after Pristina attempted to outlaw Serbian documents and license plates. The measure was postponed at the urging of the US ambassador, but Kosovo authorities have vowed to carry it out eventually.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has since said he is prepared to normalize relations with Serbia, but stressed that there must be equal treatment for Serbs and Kosovo Albanians with regards to entry-exit papers.
Marqos (Mark) 13:7-8 TS2009
„“And you shall begin to hear of fightings and reports of fightings. See that you are not troubled, for these have to take place, but the end is not yet. “For nation shall rise against nation, and reign against reign. And there shall be scarcities of food, and deadly diseases, and earthquakes in places. “And all these are the beginning of birth pains.“
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 24:6-8 TS2009
„But when you hear of fightings and unrests, do not be alarmed, for these have to take place first, but the end is not immediately. Then He said to them, “Nation shall rise against nation, and reign against reign. “And there shall be great earthquakes in various places, and scarcities of food and deadly diseases. And there shall be horrors, and great signs from heaven.“
Luqas (Luke) 21:9-11 TS2009
„And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” And I looked and saw a green horse. And he who sat on it had the name Death, and She’ol followed with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.“
Ḥazon (Revelation) 6:7-8 TS2009
„And I looked when He opened the sixth seal and saw a great earthquake came to be. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. And the stars of the heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs, being shaken by a strong wind. And heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the sovereigns of the earth, and the great ones, and the rich ones, and the commanders, and the mighty, and every slave and every free one, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”“
Ḥazon (Revelation) 6:12-17 TS2009