Petkovic: This is last moment to discipline Kurti

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday that, following Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, it was "clear as day" that Pristina had no intent of engaging in constructive discussions on a Community of Serb Municipalities or any other aspect of normalisation of relations.

This is the last moment to discipline Kurti, not only to stop him from undermining the dialogue process openly and publicly, but also to thwart his clear intent of destablising the region, Petkovic said in a statement released by the Office for Kosovo-Metohija.

To say the least, Kurti is ridiculing all participants of the dialogue - including EU representatives - and laughing in their faces by blaming Belgrade for the stall in the talks, just a day after Pristina's representative Besnik Bislimi acted not only non-constructively but also brazenly in discussions, Petkovic said.

He noted that, consistently and for years, Belgrade had been approaching the dialogue in good faith and in a constructive manner, out of the belief that normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations was in mutual interest.

There are unbeatable arguments to substantiate this claim at any time, Petkovic added.

"It is now clear to everyone that Kurti and his extremist circle in Pristina are not interested in solving problems and disagreements by civilised and political means, but solely in violence and unilateral changes to the situation on the ground, including constant provocations and threats to the security and the rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija," Petkovic said.