The Interfax-Religion website reports today (August 12, 2010) that the handover of Kosovo's Serbian shrines by NATO to the Kosovo police may fuel tensions in the region, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrey Nesterenko.
"We share the fears of the Serbian government and Orthodox Church that such plans could incite additional security concerns and tensions, and provoke misgivings among Serbs about the international peace-keeping force's readiness to perform its duties," Nesterenko said.
The NATO decision -- made without the consent of the Serbian Church -- is a menace to the Serb monasteries in Kosovo and Metohija, many of which are on UNESCO's World Heritage List," he added.
"Hopefully, the situation surrounding the Serb shrines in Kosovo will be tackled in dialogue with Belgrade and the Serbian Church," he concluded.
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