Vucevic: No de-escalation in Kosovo-Metohija because Pristina lacks will for it

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said on Thursday there was no de-escalation in Kosovo-Metohija because Pristina lacked the will for it.

Speaking to Pink TV, Vucevic said Serbia had done nothing to escalate the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and that it had sent messages about demonstrating good will.

"If anyone has been tolerant more than it is normal, it is the Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and Serbia. If anyone has been sending messages aimed at calming the situation, demonstrating good will and seeking compromise, it is the Serbian side," Vucevic said.

Meanwhile, Pristina PM Albin Kurti's regime continues to stick to its agenda - ethnic cleansing of Serbs and constant intimidation, arrests and expulsion aimed at creating an atmosphere in which Serbs would no longer be able to survive in the territory, Vucevic said.

Commenting on Pristina's ban on deliveries of medicines to Kosovo-Metohija from central Serbia, Vucevic said it was the first such case in 31 years as 12 newborn babies had died in Banjaluka in 1992 due to a lack of medical oxygen supplies.