Summary of events in the Balkans. Vuchich wants to urgently meet with Putin
Serbian President Alexander Vucic, supporting the country's European Union and Euro-Atlantic course, said he wants to appeal to Vladimir Putin during a personal meeting.
According to Vucic, he expects the meeting to take place next week.
At a meeting with journalists, Vucic said that he would ask for support from the Russian president "at all international platforms."
Alexander Vucic:
On the eve, the Serbian President ordered the General Staff of the country's armed forces to put the Serbian army in full combat readiness. The reason was the complication of the situation on the border with the edge of Kosovo. We are talking about the location of the hydroelectric station "Gazivod". The Kosovo special forces, numbering up to 150 people, arrived at the reservoir that supplies this power station with water. The station itself is included in the power system of Serbia. In the city of Zubin Potok, populated mainly by Serbs, Pristina special forces occupied the Center for Ecology and Sport.
In Belgrade, these actions of Pristina were called provocation, which could lead to a new round of military confrontation in the Balkans. The fact that the Serbian troops are on high alert, said Serbian Defense Minister Alexander Vulin. According to Vulin, the Serbian army is ready to defend its compatriots, regardless of where they live. The order to bring the ground forces of Serbia in a state of increased combat readiness from the Minister of Defense was received by Lieutenant-General M.Simovich.
Serbian President Vucic, meanwhile, notes that Pristina exposes the appearance of Kosovo special forces on a part of the territory of the facility that is part of the Serbian power grid, as an “ordinary event”. It is noted that Kosovo special forces threatened the local population weapons. Although for the Albanian security forces of the province of Kosovo to threaten the Serbs - it really has become commonplace.
Serbian newspaper "News" quotes the words of President Vucic:
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