Djuric: Serbia will have to take Turkey's decision to deliver kamikaze drones to Pristina into consideration

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Djuric has stated that the decision of the Turkish authorities to deliver lethal weapons to the provisional institutions in Pristina is a unilateral and unlawful move, which Serbia "will have to take into consideration in its further actions."

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In a post on X, Djuric emphasized that the delivery of Turkish drones to Albin Kurti's regime represents "pouring oil on the fire and a prime example of malign interference in regional affairs with destabilizing consequences."

"I strongly condemn this unilateral and unlawful move, which constitutes a step backward in efforts to normalize relations in the region and an encouragement to the policy of aggression toward the Serb and other non-majority communities in Kosovo and Metohija," he wrote.

Djuric warned that trust is difficult to build, and unfortunatelly much easier to undermine.

"The decision of the Turkish authorities to deliver lethal weapons to Kurti's regime represents pouring oil on the fire and a prime example of malign interference in regional affairs with destabilizing consequences," stated Djuric.

The head of Serbian diplomacy assessed that what so-called Kosovo needs are not kamikaze drones, but respect for the basic human rights of all citizens, normalization of relations and economic development.

"Serbia will have to take this move into consideration in its further actions," Djuric concluded.

Pristina announced earlier that Skydagger drones had arrived from Turkey. According to Prime Minister of Pristina's provisional institutions Albin Kurti, "thousands of drones" had arrived.

Pristina previously acquired Turkish TB2 Bayraktar and US-made Puma drones.

According to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, KFOR is the only armed force allowed in Kosovo, and that document also provides for demilitarization of the so-called KLA ("Kosovo Albanian Army") and other armed groups of ethnic Albanians.

However, in 2009, Pristina formed the so-called Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) from the Kosovo Protection Corps, i.e. the KLA. In 2018, the Assembly of provisional institutions, without the presence of Serb representatives, adopted a law aimed at transforming the so-called KSF in an army.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)