Petković: Pristina cannot form paramilitary and quasi-police units outside of agreements
The Minister of Internal Affairs of the interim Pristina institutions, Xhelal Sveçla, announced that he has signed a decision to form a working group that will analyze and propose modalities for the functioning of the gendarmerie, which, as he stated, will function within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the interim institutions.
TL;DR
- Pristina's Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sveçla, announced the formation of a working group to establish a gendarmerie.
- The gendarmerie is intended to strengthen capacities for preventing, managing, and neutralizing threats to Kosovo.
- Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petković, stated that KFOR is the only legal and legitimate armed force in Kosovo.
- Petković argued that Pristina has no basis to form paramilitary or quasi-police units outside of existing agreements.
- He characterized these announcements as desperate pre-election moves by Albin Kurti.
- Petković pointed out that Article 9 of the Brussels Agreement and the implementation plan state that any new police formations in the north require the consent of a working group including Pristina, Belgrade, and the EU.