Defense Minister Describes as Irritating Statements by Spokesperson for the European Commission

Milos Vucevic (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic said on July 5 that statements by Peter Stano, lead spokesperson for the European Commission, had been “irritating.”

“If someone wants to study the empty shell of an administrative bureaucratic language, Stano’s statements are perfect for that,” Vucevic said in an interview with the Pink TV.

Vucevic said it’s irritating “when Stano calls both sides to de-escalate tensions” in Kosovo, as the Serbian party already did. “We have reduced the level of combat readiness of the Army of Serbia, alongside its presence along the administrative line, but we still have enough troops if it comes to the push. We are de-escalating and trying to encourage the Serb community in Kosovo as much as we can, which is increasingly difficult as they have been exposed to persecution,” Vucevic explained.

The defense minister has recalled that at the same time Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti “is wracking havoc,” prepared “to go all the way.” “Kurti is a fanatic, acting irrationally, living for the ideas that are catastrophic and genocidal regarding our people in Kosovo,” Minister Vucevic warned in the interview.

Stano said on July 4 that “both sides have been urged to take immediate steps to de-escalate, expected to start acting in a European way and return to the Dialogue. The sequence of moves is as follows: immediate de-escalation, resolving the situation and reducing tensions, and returning to normal dialogue,” Stano said.