Following Kosovo's official application to become a member of the Council of Europe, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has convened a meeting of the National Security Council on 13 May.
"With this action, Pristina has violated an agreement it has signed, which is the Washington Agreement. "They have brutally violated it," Vucic said.
Kosovo and Serbia signed in September 2020 an agreement on the normalization of economic relations, known as the Washington Agreement.
With this agreement, Kosovo has agreed on a one-year moratorium on its efforts to join international organizations, while Serbia has agreed on a one-year moratorium on its campaign against the recognition of Kosovo as a state.
According to the Washington Agreement, the moratoriums have already expired, but the US State Department has previously encouraged Kosovo and Serbia to continue them to enable progress in relations between the two countries, writes REL.
"We should not get involved in hatred and enter into conflict psychosis, but offer strong responses in a responsible, rational and serious way," Vucic said.
He said that Serbia will do its best to protect the state.