13.03.2017.
Session of the National Security Council
Earlier today, a session was held of the National Security Council, presided over by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, which was also attended by Aleksandar Vučić, the President of the Government, Zoran Đorđević, the Minister of Defence, Nebojša Stefanović PhD, the Minister of Interior, Nela Kuburović, the Minister of Justice, the Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Ljubiša Diković, the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, Director of Security Information Agency Aleksandar Đorđević, Director of Military Intelligence Agency, General Petar Cvetković, Deputy Director of Military Intelligence Agency Zoran Stojković and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivica Tončev. The topics considered at the session included the politico-security situation in the Republic of Serbia, the Western Balkan region, and the state of play in Kosovo and Metohija, particularly after the latest initiatives and requests of Albanians to stop the Brussels dialogue, as well as to establish the so called Armed Forces of Kosovo.
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It was established at the session that Serbia was stable and that there existed no possibilities for a considerable threats to peace and security in the territory of our Republic.
The Council concluded that the situation in the region is turbulent and complex. The State of Serbia has made tremendous efforts so that the peace and stability could be preserved in this part of Europe, and that good and neighbourly relations could be established among different peoples, ethnic and religious groups. And yet, without our influence, there is a danger of political conflicts spreading within certain countries, inspired by both national reasons for political intolerance and considerable interference of foreign civilian and military intelligence services. The task of all the bodies of the Republic of Serbia is to prevent any such spill over of political or any other conflicts to the territory of the Republic of Serbia, but also to respect the independence of other states and not to interfere in their internal matters. At the same time, the Council obliges the state bodies to participate, in line with their competences, in cooperation with Serbs in the region who are under political pressures of centralised authorities of certain states of the Western Balkans, but to do so fully observing territorial integrity of those states.
The National Security Council of the Republic of Serbia expressed its concern about ever intensifying rhetoric that can be noticed in the work of Priština authorities. Particularly worrisome are the initiatives to stop the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština, and especially the request for the establishment of the Armed Forces of Kosovo. The Republic of Serbia strongly and unequivocally demands the continuation of the dialogue in Brussels, honouring the international legal order, Resolution 1244 and the Brussels Agreement. The Council obliged the bodies of the Republic of Serbia to use all political and diplomatic means to fight destabilisation of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, and the creation of the so called Armed Forces of Kosovo, which would endanger the survival of Serbs in the southern Serbian province.
Concurrently, the Council calls upon Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija to politically step forward fully and together with the state bodies of the Republic of Serbia and protect the interests of our people and our state.
