Vucevic: Army to remain in full combat readiness until Friday

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said on Monday the Serbian Armed Forces would remain in full combat readiness until Friday and that deployment of army formations along the administrative line with Kosovo-Metohija would be completed by 2 pm.

Vucevic noted that he expected the issue to be resolved by political means and not through war.

He added that Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Milan Mojsilovic was in constant discussions with KFOR, and noted that the mission's task was to ensure peace and security to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.