Aleksandra Tomic sent official letters to the highest officials of PACE and instances at the Parliamentary Assembly dealing with Kosovo-Metohija and Serbia as a whole viz. President Michele Nicoletti, Chairperson of the Political Committee Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Chairperson of the Monitoring Committee Roger Gale, co-rapporteurs for Serbia Samad Seyidov and Maria Guzenina, and the rapporteur for Kosovo-Metohija Jordi Roca.

The letters asked for a condemnation of the incidents which caused injuries to 32 people, among them citizens of Kosovska Mitrovica, journalists and Serbian officials and representatives of the Serb minority at the provisional institutions of Pristina, including the Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric who was arrested, taken to Pristina and detained. The PACE high officials were informed that armed uniformed individuals attacked a peaceful gathering the purpose of which was talks within the internal dialogue on Kosovo-Metohija.

“In the incident, there was one side in conflict, armed with rifles, which attacked peaceful and unarmed Serbian citizens who did not resist. I can regretfully note that this vicious attack is not being discussed at the European institutions whose purpose is the protection of human rights, which was not the case when the train from Belgrade set off for Kosovska Mitrovica. The injured had gathered peacefully to discuss crucial issues, which is an open violation of basic civil and human rights. Our delegation plans to speak of this incident with other high officials and members of delegations at the PACE at the coming April session in Strasbourg, 23 – 27 April”, said Tomic.