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Associated Press

Serbia is seeking support from Russia and China in its opposition to the announced formation of a Kosovo army, warning it could lead to renewed clashes in the Balkans.
Kosovo’s parliament will vote on December 14 on transforming the country’s security forces into a regular army.

Serbia has protested the move and threatened unspecified retaliatory measures against its former province which declared independence in 2008. Serbia and its allies Russia and China do not recognise Kosovo’s statehood.
Tensions rise as Kosovo police arrest senior Serbian official
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met the Russian and Chinese ambassadors in Belgrade on Tuesday, saying “continuous provocations” from Kosovo could lead Serbia without a choice but to have to “protect” the Serb minority in Kosovo.
Vucic said Kosovo’s plans to form an army jeopardise peace and stability in the region.


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Serbia asks for China and Russia’s help over Kosovo plans to create regular army

Members of Kosovo Security Force at a ceremony in March 2017. Photo: EPA

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview by the Chinese media in Belgrade, Serbia on Aug. 6, 2018. (Dong Longjiang/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

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Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj sits surrounded by supportes during a protest in the village of Jarak, near Hrtkovci, Serbia, May 6, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

FILE-This is a file photo of Serb ultranatioalist leader, Vojislav Seselj, from 1990 in the town of Knin in Croatia, where he supported rebellion of local ethnic Serbs against Croatia's independence. Seselj is a top candidate in Sunday's runoff for Serbian president against a Socialist candidate, Zoran Lilic. (AP PHOTO/Imre SABO)

Supporters of Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj hold banners during a protest in the village of Jarak, near Hrtkovci, Serbia. Photo: Reuters

Tensions rise as Kosovo police arrest senior Serbian official

Kosovar police officers scuffle with Kosovar Serb protesters in northern Mitrovica on March 26, 2018 after the arrest of a senior Serbian official. Kosovo police on March 26 arrested a senior Serbian official after he crossed into the disputed territory and travelled to the flashpoint town of Mitrovica in defiance of a ban, a police spokesman said. Marko Djuric, Belgrade's chief negotiator for the former Serbian province that proclaimed independence in 2008, "was arrested and we are taking him to a police centre in Pristina," spokesman Baki Kelani said. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Kosovo police escort Marko Djuric a Serb official to a police station in Kosovo capital Pristina after he was arrested in northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, Monday, March 26, 2018. Kosovo police arrested a Serb official after he was banned from visiting a divided town in northern Kosovo and then fired tear gas and stun grenades at Serb protesters Monday. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo police escort Marko Djuric a Serb official to a police station in Kosovo capital Pristina after he was arrested in northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica on Monday, March 26, 2018. Kosovo police arrested a Serb official after he was banned from visiting a divided town in northern Kosovo and then fired tear gas and stun grenades at Serb protesters Monday. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

The head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric, gives a thumb out of the armoured vehicle of Kosovo's police special unit in Pristina, Kosovo, on Monday. Photo: EPA

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Kosovo’s parliament will vote on December 14 on transforming the country’s security forces into a regular army



Kosovo’s parliament will vote on December 14 on transforming the country’s security forces into a regular army.


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