Vucic: Pristina's terror evident, Kosovo-Metohija Serbs will not be left without income

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday employees of Serbian institutions closed by Pristina would not be left without jobs or income and noted that the terror by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti was evident in Kosovo-Metohija.

Asked about the fate of 1,100 people who have lost their jobs as a result of unprecedented terror against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, Vucic said Serbia would not let those people be left without income.

"That is an important fact, to tell people living in central Serbia that those people have not lost their income, and the terror is evident, yes," Vucic said in an appearance on B92 TV.

"We waited for a reaction from the European Union for a long time," Vucic said, noting that, for the first time, the EU had released a statement that did not refer to "both parties."

"That is the first statement by Ms (Kaja) Kallas and the Estonians. By the way, the behaviour of EULEX on the ground and everything that is going on seems very strange to me," Vucic said.

Asked to comment on a statement that said Pristina's police raid on Serbian institutions in the province had been carried out without authorisation from prosecutors, Vucic responded:

"That way, they just wanted to tell you that it was not foreigners who gave a direct order but that it was Kurti's decision. He is exhibiting nervousness, and that is not a result of great power and strength, but of increasing powerlessness and fear of the changes to come. Changes in the world are inevitable, they will be tectonic, they will be huge," Vucic said.

He also said two more countries were expected to derecognise the so-called Kosovo.

"We are just waiting to see how and when to announce the names of two more countries that will derecognise it," he said.

"There are more countries we are talking to, but there may be a country that will recognise it for the first time," he added.

"But we will fight there, too, to oppose that, because a change of leadership has taken place there," Vucic said.