Drecun: Kurti creating obstacles in dialogue through unilateral moves

BELGRADE - The outgoing chairman of Serbia's parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Wednesday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti was constantly creating obstacles in the dialogue with Belgrade through unilateral moves aimed against the survival of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

"Something else is underneath those moves - there is no deescalation in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, Kurti is delaying to the maximum extent the elections to be held in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, there is no withdrawal of special parapolice units, and he has also not withdrawn a decision to ban the movement of goods from central Serbia," Drecun told Pink TV.

He also said Pristina was constantly acquiring arms for a so-called Kosovo army.

"On one hand, they (Pristina) are verbally attacking Belgrade for allegedly preparing some kind of destabilisation or attack on Kosovo-Metohija. They want to decide about deployment of our security forces in central Serbia and speak of Serbia as some kind of Vladimir Putin's or Russia's proxy. They are shifting the blame on Belgrade for everything they do or plan," Drecun said.

Some NATO member states are providing constant support to a transition of the so-called Kosovo Security Force to an army, Drecun said, noting that Pristina's defence minister had said its military budget had doubled to 202 mln euros in the three years of Kurti's rule.

"He said that 115 mln euros has gone to arms purchases," Drecun explained.