Serbs in Exodus from Kosovo

Over 4,000 Serbs have left Obilic, Jakovljevic
Tanjug - June 9, 2003

16:56 BELGRADE - A total of 8,000 Serbs inhabited the Obilic municipality before June 1999, while less than 4,000 remain four years after the international community assumed the administration of Kosovo-Metohija, a member of the Serbian National Council for Central Kosovo, Mirce Jakovljevic said in Obilic on Monday.

At present only a mere 450 Serbs live in the town of Obilic, in the most difficult conditions, without any freedom of movement and in constant fear from ethnic Albanian extremists, Jakovljevic told Tanjug following a meeting between the Serb delegation and Serbian Deputy Premier Nebojsa Covic, who is also Kosovo-Metohija Coordination Center head.