ANOTHER TOUGHEST DAY FOR VUČIĆ He issued orders, the National Security Council accepted, but no one knows the content

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said tonight that he issued "the most important orders, which the Council accepted."

We have taken appropriate measures to protect our homeland, in accordance with that, I have issued the most important orders and the National Security Council has accepted them, and I must say that I am very proud of our soldiers and police officers.”

He stated that no one from Belgrade ordered the barricades and added that they were not made because of someone's whim, but because they are a form of protest. Vučić also stated that Albanians are not moving on those blocked roads. The President of Serbia called on Serbs and Albanians to preserve peace and calm the situation.

He called on Serbs in Kosovo to remain calm and composed.

“Today is the hardest day for me since I have been the President of Serbia,” said Vučić.

“We analyzed everything that is happening in Kosovo, as well as the international aspect, the situation on the ground,” stated Vučić for RTS after the session of the National Security Council regarding the current situation in Kosovo.

“Everything we announced yesterday and in previous days and weeks is happening,” assessed Vučić.

He said that on the ground, we had a “difficult struggle for the survival of a people in their homes.”

Vučić stated that Serbs in Kosovo have a “difficult night ahead.”

“I hope, and we have assurances from KFOR and Europe, that they will not take violent actions against the demonstrators, and I hope that it will pass like that, we will do everything to preserve peace and stability,” he said.

Let us remind you, tonight around 7 PM, a session of the National Security Council was held in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic, chaired by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.

The session was attended, among others, by the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, Minister of Police Bratislav Gašić, Director of BIA Aleksandar Vulin, Minister of Justice Maja Popović, Director of the Office for Kosovo Petar Petković, and Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army, General Milan Mojsilović.

Serbs from northern Kosovo set up barricades on Saturday in protest against the arrest of former Kosovo police officer Dejan Pantić.