The Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Marko Djuric, said that the incident at the Serbia-Albania football match was followed by a wave of violence in the past two weeks which is a threat to the stability and security of the entire region.

Djuric said that the period counted more than 30 incidents against the property and safety of Serbs living on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija. There have also been attacks on the Albanian population in central Serbia but the attackers were processed by the authorities of the Republic of Serbia and brought to justice, said Djuric.

The Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija said that Serbia is concerned with the safety of all of its citizens living in Kosovo-Metohija.

Representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defence, district chiefs, mayors and presidents of the municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija, as well as the deputies of the Serbian List spoke about the security situation of the Serbian population on the territory of AP Kosovo-Metohija and the measures and activities they had undertaken within their scope.

In the course of the discussion, the Committee members and MPs decried the attacks on Serbs on the territory of Kosovo-Metohija opining that the provisional institutions and international forces in Kosovo-Metohija need to protect Serbs and other non-Albanian population living there. They expressed regret that representatives of the international community did not respond to the invitation to take part in the Committee sitting.

The Committee members decided to adopt conclusions at the next sitting on the discussion of the current security situation in AP Kosovo-Metohija, with a special focus on the safety of the Serbian population, and make them available to the public in the country and the international community.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman MA Milovan Drecun.