Kfor amassing soldiers in Serb part of Kosovo - Serb leader
BBC Monitoring Newsfile - London: Jun 11, 2007. pg. 1

Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Belgrade, 11 June: The chairman of the Serb National Council [SNV] for Kosmet [Kosovo-Metohija], Milan Ivanovic, has warned that Western countries supporting Kosovo's independence and having troops in the province, are deploying troops and amassing soldiers and police in northern [predominantly Serb] part of Kosovo-Metohija in order to create a buffer zone between Serbia and Kosmet and thus enable Albanians to realize their intentions.

"A psychological and propaganda war is being waged against the Serbs. Fear and defeatism are being spread in order to ease a possible independence for Kosovo. A Kfor [Kosovo Force] brigade is deployed along the Leposavic-Raska [in Serbia] administrative line, and Kfor is planning to deploy another brigade near the Zubin Potok administrative crossing and thus separate northern part of Kosovo from Serbia, Ivanovic has told Glas javnosti. [passage omitted: on job ads for police force]

"Kfor and the KPS [Kosovo Police Service] have encircled the northern part of Kosmet, while our population in enclaves is unprotected," Ivanovic warned.

He added that it was very important for Serbian officials, especially military ones, not to speak out of turn when saying the security situation in Kosmet was satisfactory. [reference to Serbian CGS Ponos who said that during last week's talks with the Kfor commander]

Credit: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0624 11 Jun 07|
SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0624 11 Jun 07/BBC Monitoring/(c) BBC

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