The Serbian office of state has announced that its director, Petar Petkovic, has been banned from visiting Kosovo again.

Petkovic had planned to attend the enthronement of the Serbian patriarch Porfirije in the Patriarchate of Peja.

“This is the tenth time that the authorities in Prishtina, led by Albin Kurti, have demonstrated force and arbitrariness and have banned Petkovic from visiting Kosovo,” reports Tanjug.

“This is a brutal violation of the agreement, such as the one on freedom of movement and the Agreement on official visits, which provides for a simplified procedure for the visit of the chief negotiator for the dialogue with Prishtina”, the announcement states.