US Ambassador to Belgrade summons PM Kostunica to publicly condemn street violence

US Ambassador to Belgrade Cameron Munter said in a Radio Free Europe interview he considered recent street violence in Belgrade as unacceptable and urged PM Kostunica to publicly condemn it. Moreover, he advised Kostunica to bring those responsible for attacking the US embassy last weekend to court.

The Ambassador’s statements were made after last week, during a protest organized by Belgrade people against the declaration of Kosovo independence, several protesters attacked several Western Embassies and set the US embassy on fire.

At their turn, Serbian authorities announced that they would not bring their relations with countries that accepted the independence of Kosovo to normal until those countries withdraw the support for Kosovo.