(ANSA-AP) - BELGRADE, 28 MAG - Serbia's state TV says a
meeting is underway of the country's top security body following
tensions in Kosovo over arrests in the Serb-populated north.
The report says President Aleksandar Vucic will speak in the
parliament later on Tuesday about the latest developments. It
says Vucic has warned the European Union that Serbia will react
if Kosovo does not pull its special police out of northern
Kosovo. RTS TV also says "movements" of Serbian troops in the
direction of Kosovo have been spotted after the country put the
security forces on alert earlier on Tuesday.
Serbia's National Security Council includes top army and
police officers and government officials. Kosovo police have
said they have arrested several people in an action in northern
Kosovo against crime and corruption. Serbia insists the action
is aimed at intimidating Serbs in Kosovo.
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj confirmed the action,
saying on Twitter that an "anti-smuggling and organized crime
operation" is underway in northern Kosovo. "This operation is
against organized crime and it also targets police and customs
officers." Haradinaj said. He called for calm.
Serbian government official Marko Djuric said the Kosovo
police action is designed to intimidate and expel Serbs from
Kosovo and presents a "not only a threat to stability but the
most direct threat to peace." "If this doesn't stop immediately,
there is no doubt how Serbia will react already during the day,"
Djuric warned. (ANSA-AP).
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