Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Army (VS) Colonel General Miloje Miletic has said he does not expect any serious threats to the country's security will occur when the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue begins, but added that such a possibility should not be ruled out completely.

"I do not expect there will be incidents or that it will be necessary to activate the hotline between the Serbian Army and KFOR when the talks begin, but this does not mean that such a possibility can be ruled out completely ," General Miletic said in an interview for the Thursday edition of Belgrade's daily Blic.

Miletic said that provoking incidents has so far been an "approved method of those who are against peaceful solutions" and who want to slow down the process of reconciliation. Therefore, the possibility of incidents cannot be ruled out, he added, underlining that criminal structures represent the greatest threat in that respect.

Miletic also pointed out that the topic of the forthcoming talks with KFOR commander Erhard Buhler, which are scheduled to take place in Nis on November 18 and which will deal with the issue of cooperation in preserving security in south Serbia, will not be demarcation, as Pristina's Albanian-language daily Koha Ditore wrongly claims

. The topic of these talks will be joint activities of the VS and KFOR forces in securing the administrative border line, the protection of the people and the property in Kosovo and Metohija, and prevention of incidents," he explained.

"Neither I nor the KFOR commander have the mandate to discuss the matter of demarcation, and the position of the government and the state is quite clear - Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia and demarcation is not the issue," Miletic underscored.