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On June 8, the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia approved the "Resolution for the protection of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija and for the protection of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Serbia".
The majority in the highest legislative body of the Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina is led by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats of Milorad Dodik, who is also the president of Republika Srpska.
Dodik does not accept Kosovo's independence and has close relations with officials in the Kremlin and Belgrade.
Due to the opposition of political representatives from Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina has not yet recognized Kosovo's independence, and both countries apply visa regimes for citizens of their respective countries.
The text of the resolution supports Serbia's right "to protect territorial integrity and sovereignty, which is guaranteed by international law" and United Nations resolution 1244.
The resolution was proposed by Nenad Stevandić, president of the Parliament of Republika Srpska, at the same time chairman of the United Serbia party, which is in coalition with Dodik's party.
The text states that the Republic of Serbia "condemns the terrorist activities of Kosovo Albanians and their authorities, which pose a threat to international peace and security".
In addition to the resolution, conclusions were also adopted, through which the Republic of Serbia invites the states, members of the UN, the Council of Europe and the European Union, which recognize Kosovo's independence, to review their decision and withdraw recognition for Kosovo.
The Parliament of Republika Srpska has also requested that the representatives of this entity, who are in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, initiate the adoption of decisions that "would condemn the violation of human rights and freedoms and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohi by Kosovo Albanians and their authorities".
The parliament said it will send the conclusions to the UN General Assembly and Security Council, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament.
The resolution and conclusions were also supported by the opposition parties in Republika Srpska.
This issue was proposed to be put on the agenda of the Parliament of Republika Srpska after the increase of tensions in the north of Kosovo, inhabited by a majority of Serbs.
In Leposaviq, Zveçan and Zubin Potok - municipalities in the north of Kosovo, inhabited by a majority of Serbs - the security situation has worsened since May 26, when the Albanian mayors of the municipalities officially took office, despite the resistance of the local residents.
Local Serbs in these three municipalities have been organizing protests in front of the municipal buildings ever since.
The violence culminated on May 29, when local Serbs clashed with members of the NATO mission in Kosovo, KFOR, and the clashes injured dozens of people on both sides.
The elections of April 23, from which these Albanian presidents emerged, were boycotted by the Serbian community./ REL
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