Kosovo’s Defense Minister, Ejup Maqedonci, revealed that the Serbian Security Council’s meeting, urgently called by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, was attended by commanders involved in training terrorists responsible for the attack in Banjska. Specifically, the commander of the 63rd Parachute Brigade, Nenad Zonić, and the commander of the 72nd Special Operations Brigade, Miroslav Talijan, participated in the meeting. These brigades are suspected of preparing and training members of the terrorist organization “Civil Defense/Northern Brigade,” who later executed the terrorist attack on September 24 in the village of Banjska, Zvečan, where police officer Afrim Bunjaku was killed.
Maqedonci highlighted that the meeting was convened by Vučić just two days after Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, publicly denounced provocations by specialized units of the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) near the Kosovo border, and a day after James O’Brien, the American Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, made it clear to Serbia that the movement of Serbian troops near the Kosovo border was being monitored and that the use of force would be unacceptable.
“In the latest meeting of the Serbian Security Council, urgently called by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, aside from permanent members, Nenad Zonić, commander of the 63rd Parachute Brigade; Miroslav Talijan, commander of the 72nd Special Operations Brigade; Tioslav Jankovic, Head of the Operations Directorate (J-3); Dusko Zarkovic, commander of the Air Forces; and Milosav Simovic, commander of the Land Forces of the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF), were present. This meeting was urgently convened by President Vučić just two days after the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo publicly denounced the provocations by the specialized units of the SAF near the Kosovo border, and a day after James O’Brien, the American Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, made it clear to Serbia that the movements of the Serbian army near the Kosovo border were being monitored, and that the use of force would be unacceptable,” Maqedonci wrote.
Source: Koha.net
