Serbia says Kosovo wants war as neighbours row over Serb nationalist train


  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Jan 2017

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's president said on Sunday that Kosovo had shown it wanted war with after it deployed special forces to prevent a train painted with Serbia's national colours and the words "Kosovo is Serbia" from entering its territory.

President Tomislav Nikolic said the neighbours had been "on the brink of conflict" on Saturday, while Kosovo's prime minister told reporters the train, a project of the Serbian government, sent "a message of occupation."

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