The Security Council of Kosovo has accused Serbia of attempting to “sabotage the establishment of new institutions” and the ninth legislature of Kosovo emerging from the February 9 parliamentary elections.
The Government of Kosovo announced that the Security Council held a meeting on April 6 at the request of acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti to discuss the security situation, as well as, as stated, Serbia’s destabilizing plans.
The announcement reiterated previous accusations made by the Government of Kosovo that Serbia interfered in the February 9 parliamentary elections through the Serb List — accusations that have also been made by Germany and the European Union’s election observation mission.
“Serbia is now interfering with some of the MPs from non-majority and non-Serb communities in an attempt to sabotage the establishment of the new institutions of the ninth legislature. Through threats and inducements, and especially with blackmail, it is trying to incite interethnic and interparty tensions in Kosovo and destabilize Kosovo,” said the statement released by Kurti’s office, without providing further details on these claims.
The Security Council said this constitutes interference with “state sovereignty, democratic functioning, and the institutional integrity of our country.”
Kurti, whose party, Vetëvendosje Movement, won the February 9 elections, has earlier this week held meetings with parties representing non-majority communities in Kosovo, with whom he discussed the constitution of the Assembly and the formation of the Government.
Vetëvendosje — which holds 48 seats in the Assembly, not enough to form the executive on its own — has stated it wants to form a government with non-Serb minority parties.
In addition to the issue of forming institutions, according to the announcement, the Security Council also discussed the hand grenade attack on the Kosovo Post Office in Zvečan on April 1, as well as the arrest on Saturday evening of “four Serbian ‘pilgrims’ in Gjakova.”
According to the Council, one of them was a Serbian police lieutenant and another a captain in the Serbian army.
The police, meanwhile, in their 24-hour report, stated that on April 5 in Gjakova, four suspects were arrested after a vehicle with Serbian license plates was searched and two knives and an axe were found and seized.
