Kosovo Serbs say province's security situation "significantly deteriorated"
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - March 17, 2007 Saturday

Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet

Kosovska Mitrovica, 17 March: The Serb National Council (SNV) of Kosovo said today that even three years after the outbreak of large-scale violence, the situation has yet to improve in the province, but has, as it says, "significantly deteriorated, above all in the sense of security for Serbs and the establishment of the rule of law".

Even three years after, those responsible for the destruction and desecration of Orthodox sacred objects, the torching of more than 800 homes, and the killing and wounding of the innocent Serb population have not only not been found, but virtually nothing has been done to bring them to justice, the statement says.

Responsibility lies with the interim institutions in the province and part of the international community who, through their inactivity regarding a proper investigation, are concealing the crimes and this way actively participating in the formation of an independent state of Kosovo, the SNV said.

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1246 gmt 17 Mar 07

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