Serbia’s ambassador to the United Nations has submitted a request for an extraordinary meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss on Kosovo issue, Serbia’s Radio Television reported on February 5.

In the request, emphasis is placed on the situation in Kosovo, which, according to Serbia, is in great contrast with the UN Charter and Resolution 1244 of the Security Council.

In the submitted request, Serbia describes Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of the Serbian dinar for payments as an illegal decision, assessing that it is “the continuation of the measures of brutal physical and institutional violence against Serbs”, and according to Belgrade, the goal is “ethnic cleansing and the disappearance of the Serbian population”.

Tensions have increased again after a regulation of the Central Bank of Kosovo entered into force in Kosovo on February 1, according to which, the euro is the only currency for payments, which means the ban on the use of the Serbian dinar.

The international factor has requested that Kosovo postpone the implementation of the CBK decision, expressing concern that it may have a negative impact on the Serbian community.

In the settlements where Serbs live in Kosovo, the Serbian dinar has been circulating since the post-war period. The Serbian state pays Kosovo Serbs – through a parallel system – salaries, pensions, social assistance, and other benefits.

Until now, the dinars have been sent to Kosovo from Serbia through the National Bank of Serbia, which has a vault in Leposavic, a municipality in the north of Kosovo, inhabited by a majority of Serbs.

Also, in recent days the authorities in Kosovo have announced that they have closed seven parallel municipalities in the region of Peja and Dragash, while the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, has stated that the only institution that Serbia will have in Kosovo will to be its embassy in Pristina.