Vucic: We are prepared for any surprises, people need not worry

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Brussels on Wednesday evening he had pointed out to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg the problem of Pristina's arms acquisitions, which he noted were a violation of UNSCR 1244.

Responding to questions from reporters after a meeting with Stoltenberg, Vucic said that there was also another, bigger legal problem - the fact that, under UNSCR 1244, a "Kosovo Liberation Army" or anything resembling it was not allowed to exist in Kosovo-Metohija.

He said he had noted that this, too, was a violation of UNSCR 1244.

"(Pristina's PM Albin) Kurti says the police are their legal successor. That cannot exist in Kosovo-Metohija under the UN Charter and UNSCR 1244... Why does it exist? There is no answer to that," Vucic said.

Vucic added that Stoltenberg had told him he and NATO had been against Pristina's forces being transformed into a Kosovo army.

"I asked: 'But what do we have from that?'" he said, noting that Pristina was arming itself and had mobile mortars, 105 mm vehicle-drawn howitzers and Bayraktar UAVs.

"But we are able to make all the calculations and assess the numbers, the weapons and the equipment," he said.

"We know what the dangers are, because someone is acting illegally and irresponsibly. Accordingly, we are fully prepared for any surprises and Serbian citizens need not worry," Vucic said.