Serbian military he is on On alert amid ongoing tensions with Neighboring Kosovo over The issue of vehicle Country registration plates defense minister Tuesday said.
Milos Vucevich told local channel Happy TV military It will do whatever is necessary to protect Serb citizens, including those in Kosovo.
“We can’t relax, but we can advocate dialogue, said Vucevic.
“It is better to negotiate for one A thousand days from l spend one day in trenches” added.
Kosovo tried a lot times this is year To make the Serbian minority renew them car License plates dated prior to 1999 when Kosovo was part of Serbia. The move led to in Violent clashes between police and local Serbs.
Serbia, which lost control over Albanian-majority Kosovo after the 1999 NATO bombing campaign refuses to recognize independence of that it former Provincial Kosovo license plates were not allowed on its territory since 2008.
the two countries in 2013 Committed to the sponsorship of the European Union dialogue to me resolve Unresolved issues but few progress It was made. Both the United States and the European Union called on Pristina and Belgrade to ease tensions and reach a compromise.
About 50,000 Serbs who live in The north of Kosovo, which borders Serbia, refuses to recognize the authority of Pristina.
more than 13,000 people They are believed to have died during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo when the southern province was still a part of Serbia under rule of The late Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
Fighting ended after NATO air strikes against Milosevic’s forces, Kosovo is now an independent country.
Recognizes the independence of Kosovo by 110 countries Including the United States, Britain and most Western countries countriesbut not by Russia, Serbia traditional Ally and five member states of the European Union.
Kosovo north It has witnessed many ethnic clashes since the end of the war.
