Members of the Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (SZOKIM) declared by acclamation Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as an honorary citizen of Kosovo-Metohija.

The charter to Vladimir Putin was delivered by SZOKIM President Radovan Nicic to the head of the Russian office in Pristina Andrey Shugurov.

Shugurov recalled that Russia was alongside Serbia in the difficult times of NATO air raids on Serbia, stressing that this attack was not accidental, as well as it is not a coincidence that Vladimir Putin will be visiting Serbia on March 23.

Our task is not to be passive observers of the situation in Serbia and Kosovo, but rather to secure rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, he underscored.

Putin was proclaimed honorary citizen of Kosovo-Metohija due to his strong support to the defence of Serbia's integrity, the charter reads.