Djuric meets with UN's Yamashita

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with the head of the UN Office in Serbia Mari Yamashita on Monday, noting that Serbia was highly appreciative of the UN Office's work in the context of Belgrade-Pristina relations, especially as it was the main communication channel with the UN Mission in Kosovo-Metohija.

Djuric noted that unilateral moves by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti were aimed at getting all Serbs to move out of Kosovo-Meothija.

Not only has a return of internally displaced persons to their ancestral homes not happened but, due to an escalation of pressure by Pristina, a worrying number of Serbs left the southern province last year, he said.

He underscored that UN Security Council debates on the Kosovo-Metohija issue, in line with the UNSCR 1244, were very important for Serbia to regularly inform both the UNSC and the international community of the situation on the ground and the political and security situation, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.