Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić denies claims made by the Kosovo government that he backed insurgency that led to weekend shootout.
abc.net.au/news/kosovo-accuses-serbia-president-vucic-involved-unrest/102915490Kosovo's president Vjosa Osmani has accused Serbia and its President Aleksandar Vucic of being behind a shootout between armed men and Kosovar police in the north of the country last weekend, in the worst violence in the restive area in years.
Serbia, which has not recognised its former province's independence, blames Kosovo for precipitating violence by mistreating ethnic Serb residents, a charge Kosovo denies. Ms Osmani said Serbia still has territorial claims against Kosovo and was acting to accomplish a 'Crimea model' by creating tensions in Kosovo's north where some 50,000 local Serbs still see Belgrade as their capital and reject rule from Pristina.
"What I would say to President Vucic is stop messing with Kosovo. Kosovo is going to defend its freedom, its independence and its sovereignty at any price," she said. "They are trying to carry out a Crimea model in the Republic of Kosovo but we will absolutely not let that happen... will defend every inch of Kosovo territory."
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