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Belgrade has ordered its troops to full alert after reports that Kosovo police entered Serb-populated regions of the former Serbian province. Belgrade has ordered its troops to full alert after reports that Kosovo police entered Serb-populated regions of the breakaway Serbian province.Serbia’s state TV said on Tuesday that Kosovo’s special police “burst into” northern Kosovo and made several arrests. There was no confirmation of the action from Pristina, AP said.Serbian government official Marko Djuric said the Kosovo police action was designed to intimidate and expel Serbs from Kosovo and presents a “not only a threat to stability but the most direct threat to peace.”
Serbia’s state TV said on Tuesday that Kosovo’s special police “burst into” northern Kosovo and made several arrests. There was no confirmation of the action from Pristina, AP said. Serbia and dozens of other states do not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence.
Serbian government official Marko Djuric said the Kosovo police action was designed to intimidate and expel Serbs from Kosovo and presents a “not only a threat to stability but the most direct threat to peace.”
Serbia lost control over Kosovo after a NATO intervention in 1999, and Belgrade does not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence.