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The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said that he “expects many troubles and problems in Kosovo”, but did not specify more.
Vucic made the comments at the Vidovdan Celebration in Belgrade.
“I don’t know how it will go with Kosovo. They try to break and destroy our country from the inside,” Vučić said at a rally organized by the Serbian Progressive Party, which he was at the head of until recently.
Vidovdani is a religious holiday, marked by the Serbian Orthodox Church, as a commemoration of the sufferings of the Serbs in the battle against the Turkish army in Kosovo, in 1389.
The Serbian Patriarch, Porfirije, participated in a memorial service in Graçanica, Kosovo.
He said that he calls on everyone to “contribute to peace in Kosovo”, while he asked the Kosovo Serbs to “give a lesson to everyone by their example”.
In the northern part of Kosovo, where the majority population is Serbian, tensions have been high since the end of May.
The Serbs there protest against the Albanian mayors of the municipalities and demand the withdrawal of the special unit of the Kosovo Police.
Tensions have also culminated in violent clashes between Serbian protesters and soldiers of the NATO mission, KFOR.
There were also reports of attacks with hand grenades and other means.
Serbs traditionally mark Vidovdan in Gazimestan – about 10 kilometers from Pristina.
But, this year, the Diocese of Rashka and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church announced that on June 28 – due to the deterioration of the security situation in Kosovo – the commemorations for Vidovdan will be held in the Graçanica Monastery, and not in Gazimestan.
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