Lajcak: Vucic raised strong concerns over situation of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs

BELGRADE - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Tuesday that, at a meeting in Belgrade earlier in the day, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had raised "strong concerns" over the situation of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

"In my meeting today with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in preparation of the next meeting of Chief Negotiators, he raised strong concerns about the situation of the Kosovo Serbs," Lajcak posted on X after the meeting.

"I stressed that we need to discuss and find agreed solutions in the Dialogue," he added.

After separate meetings with Lajcak and US Ambassador Christopher Hill, Vucic said he would make a public address within 72 hours to announce Serbia's demands following a brutal attack on Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, especially in the north of the province.

He said Belgrade was always open to dialogue with Pristina and that he was ready to go to Brussels to continue the dialogue with Kurti.

"But Serbia is not ready to, and will not, allow a pogrom and expulsion of its population," Vucic said.