Serbian President Boris Tadic stated Sunday that Belgrade will launch "the broadest possible international action" so as to enable Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija use the services of the Serbian mobile telephony again.

The interim Kosovo institutions dismantled carriers of the Serbian mobile phone providers on Friday and Saturday leaving 100,000 Serbs in the Kosovo-Pomoravlje district and enclaves south of the Ibar Rivar without a telephone signal.

During his visit to flooded areas in southern Serbia, Tadic told journalists that he asked for urgent reaction of the international institutions on Saturday, when he was in Istanbul.

"I am appalled by the reaction of EULEX, which is calmly watching the violation of human rights, because EULEX is responsible for the security of the citizens. We will have extremely difficult talks with EULEX regarding the issue. We will not abandon the Serb population in the province, not for a moment," Tadic pointed out.

The Kosovo Regulatory Agency for Telecommunications turned off 14 mobile phone base stations of Telekom Serbia and Telenor and they have continued doing so today as well. At the same time, transmitter of the Herc television station from Strpce has been demolished so citizens can no longer watch its programme in the Serbian language.

Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic said that representatives of Serbia and the international community in Kosovo are in constant communication in order to fix the disruption of telephone lines as soon as possible.

In a statement to KiM radio from Caglavica, Bogdanovic said that the Serbian authorities contacted EULEX, but they have not been able to provide much assistance.

In the talks with representatives of the international community, Serbian officials are trying to prove that that was an act of vandalism and violation of human rights. The Minister underlined that it is impermissible that in the 21st century people are being deprived without warning of the right to use mobile and fixed phones.

He claimed that the disruption was caused by political reasons and the aim was to make the Serbian community integrate into Kosovo’s society in a forceful way.

Bogdanovic also condemned the stoning of two Serb houses in Kisnica near Gracanica and stoning of tents of Serbian returnees to the village of Zac. That was one more attempt to intimidate Kosovo Serbs.