Belgrade, May 30 (EFE) In Kosovo where Serbs form the majority and who do not recognize their authority.
After meeting with those countries’ ambassadors in Serbia, Vucic again accused the Pristina government of discriminating and acting violently against the Serb community, a minority among the Kosovo Albanian population, but majority in the north of the country.
Clashes between Serb demonstrators, who are trying to block these mayors’ access to town halls, with the NATO force in Kosovo left 50 demonstrators and 30 soldiers injured on Monday.
KFOR reported today that three Hungarian soldiers sustained gunshot wounds.
The Serbian President expressed his regret over the injury of the soldiers of the NATO mission in Kfur, but warned that there were bullet wounds among the Serbs.
Last night Belgrade accused the Kosovo police of shooting protesters.
Vucic said that Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, “must withdraw his special (police) units, because the Serbs will never accept their occupation.”
The mayors of four Serb-majority municipalities were elected last April in elections boycotted by that community and with barely 3% turnout.
Vucic criticized KFOR for failing to protect Serbs last Friday when the Kosovo police used force against Serb protesters to allow mayors into town halls.
Kosovo, a former Serbian province with a large Albanian majority, declared independence in 2008, which Serbia does not recognize.
Both countries are negotiating the normalization of their relations over a new EU plan, backed by the United States, in a process frequently disrupted by flare-ups of tensions. EFE
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