MOSCOW, Dec 12 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's upcoming meeting with Kosovo's «authorities» are unlikely to reduce tensions and not transfer the settlement to a diplomatic channel, said Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko.
«There is an agreement to hold a high-level meeting between Pristina and Belgrade in a few days as part of a dialogue mediated by the EU. Vučić did not refuse this meeting, although (Kosovo Prime Minister Albin — ed.) Kurti makes completely brazen statements that it can only be about recognition Kosovo from the side of Serbia and about nothing else.So to expect, even if this meeting takes place, even if it leads to some very short-term calm of the situation, to say that it will provide a turn towards a diplomatic, political solution of problems, not which is difficult, simply impossible,» he said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Soldiers of the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo on Sunday invaded and occupied a facility at the Gazivode dam, from where they removed Serbian flags and put up a Serb guard. This is the main source of water and accumulation for the hydroelectric power station located there, most of the lake is located in the municipality of Zubin Potok, populated predominantly by Serbs, like three other areas in the north of the region.
Kosovo Serbs erected on Saturday barricades on highways in the north of the region due to the detention by the Kosovo Albanian authorities of the former policeman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed republic, Dejan Pantic. Pantić, who along with Serbian police officers from Interior Ministry units in the north of the province, resigned in November, was detained on Saturday at the Yarine checkpoint when entering from central Serbia on suspicion of «terrorism». At night, the protesters set up tents to guard the barricades. The police of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, for their part, blocked the entrance to the region for cars and pedestrians from central Serbia to the north of the region. north of the region transport of the EU rule of law missions (EULEX) and NATO KFOR.