16:10, 1 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, ARMENPRESS. The issue of Serbia’s possible membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has not yet been included on the agenda, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday, reports TASS.

“Frankly speaking, such an issue has not been on the agenda”, the Kremlin official said replying to a question on the matter.

On Sunday night, the situation in Kosovo and Metohija sharply escalated after Kosovo’s police had closed a checkpoint on the border with Serbia, intending to introduce a ban on Serbian documents on Monday. In response, Serbs in the north of Kosovo took to the streets and blocked key highways. The police and the Kosovo Force (KFOR), a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, were pulled to the bridge across the Ibar River, which links Kosovska Mitrovica’s northern and southern parts. As a result of international efforts, Pristina decided to postpone the procedure of banning Serbian documents until September 1.