Kosovo wants passports from visiting Serbs

PRISTINA, Kosovo, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Kosovo authorities say all Serbian and Montenegrin citizens visiting Kosovo will be required to show passports to enter the country.

"Serbian citizens can no longer enter Kosovo with only their identification cards because the Kosovo government is asking for the Law for Foreigners to be respected, which was passed several months ago,"Kosovo Police Service representative Brahim Sadriu told the Serbian broadcaster B92. "A special card, which Serbian citizens will receive as a border, will be used as a visa."

The registration of visitors to Kosovo has been opposed by the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, which alleges such registration efforts violate United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, B92 reported Saturday.

"Such moves only complicate an already complex situation further in Kosovo, and represent a thought-out provocation for putting further pressure on the Serb community, especially those that live south of the Ibar River," the ministry said.