Statement by Head of Military Technical Agreement Implementation Commission
Friday, 22.3.2024 | News
Regarding Albin Kurti's allegations about the movement of the Serbian Armed Forces troops near the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija, Head of the Commission for the Implementation of the Military Technical Agreement, Colonel Zoran Jovanović, said that this was part of a disinformation campaign against the Serbian Armed Forces and the security forces of the Republic of Serbia.
"In a social media post, members of the Serbian Armed Forces can be seen in the Ground Safety Zone performing regular duties of guarding the administrative line and controlling the Ground Safety Zone, in accordance with the Military Technical Agreement and all other agreements that have been signed.
The Serbian Armed Forces units perform these duties and oversee the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement in cooperation with the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo and Metohija (KFOR). The Commission for the Implementation of the Military Technical Agreement is responsible for supervising the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement, ensuring cooperation with KFOR and maintaining constant communication between the security forces of the Republic of Serbia and KFOR.
The falsehoods and disinformation, which have proven to be outright lies many times before, are part of a bigger campaign led by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Priština aiming to cause greater tensions, deceive the public, create intolerable living conditions for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and avoid fulfilling the internationally recognized obligations.
There is no place for the so-called Kosovo Police or the so-called Kosovo Security Forces in securing the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija, since the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Military Technical Agreement do not authorize any subjects, other than the international civilian and security presence in the Province and the security forces of the Republic of Serbia, to do so. Therefore, claims that the so-called Kosovo authorities closely monitor the situation for any administrative line crossings have no basis in reality and show total disrespect for the agreements that have been reached.
With timely and thorough preparations, proper organization of troops and adequate tactical actions and procedures, the Serbian Armed Forces guard the administrative line, exercise control, prevent illegal crossings and activities of extremist individuals and groups, as well as the activities of organized crime in the Ground Safety Zone and will continue to be a factor of peace and stability, which cannot be said for the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Priština" — stressed Colonel Jovanović.
