KFOR to secure patriarch's inauguration
The inauguration ceremony of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej will be entrusted to KFOR, Serbian minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic says.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The ceremony will take place on October 3 at the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarchate of Pec.
Bogdanovic, who had a meeting with KFOR commander Erhard Buehler in Kosovska Mitrovica, stressed that the KFOR commander assured him that the mission is ready to provide security for all participants of the ceremony.
The minister added that he agreed with Buehler on the view that only a partner relationship and respect of the UN SC Resolution 1244 can secure peace in the region and that KFOR must devote more attention to returnees in Kosovo.
He added that one of the common conclusions from the meeting was that the last incident, a riot in Kosovska Mitrovica where seven people were injured, was caused by Kosovo Albanians.
After his meeting with Bogdanovic at the Ministry for Kosovo building, which was the German general's first after he took over command of military forces in the province early this month, Buehler did not give any statement.
KFOR commander said earlier Monday that the situation in northern Kosovo is complicated, but that it cannot be dealt with by violence and military force, and should be resolved by political means.
